title: Brachytherapy for renal [corrected] artery in-stent restenosis.
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with stenting is now an established modality for treatment of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. However, the rate of restenosis can be as high as 20%. While intravascular brachytherapy has proven efficacy in coronary artery in-stent stenosis, its role in the treatment of renal artery in-stent stenosis is not well understood. We report a case of recurrent in-stent renal artery stenosis treated successfully by brachytherapy with excellent follow up results at 22 months.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zoghbi
authors.forename: Raed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aqel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome