[A heap of trouble. Resistant hypertension and aneurysm of the renal artery].
A 47-year-old female, was referred to our renal and vascular ultrasound unit by the cardiologists, because of a long history of uncontrolled hypertension resistant to multiple antihypertensive drug treatment. The question was if the patient had a secondary form of hypertension, i.e. a renal artery stenosis. An accurate evaluation by echo-color Doppler ultrasound displayed an aneurysm located at the bifurcation of the right renal artery. The surgical correction of the aneurysm normalized the arterial pressure and avoided a rupture, which is always a dramatic event.
Milanesi
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F
U.O. Nefrologia e Dialisi di Voghera, PV. Fabio_Milanesi@ospedali.pavia.it
Barbieri
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C
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents