[Renal artery aneurysm as a cause of resistant hypertension in a young female--case report].
A case of a 19-year-old woman suffering for 5 years from pharmacologically resistant hypertension, is presented. During invasive diagnostic procedures left renal artery aneurysm was found. Surgical resection with vessel prosthesis implantation was successfully performed. Examination carried-out 6 months later revealed good response to pharmacological treatment with normal levels of blood pressure.
Andrzejak
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Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych, Zawodowych i Nadciśnienia Tetniczego, AM, Wrocław, Poland.
Derkacz
Arkadiusz
A
Poreba
Rafał
R
Kucharski
Wojciech
W
Silber
Michał
M
Lisiak
Henryk
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Sliwiński
Tadeusz
T
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery