[Renal arteriovenous fistulas as a cause of refractory hypertension].
The prevalence of congenital renal arteriovenous malformations is low; for this reason, they are a very uncommon cause of arterial hypertension. However, arterial hypertension due to congenital renal arteriovenous malformations is potentially curable; thus, it is important to reach the correct diagnosis so that the natural course of the hypertension refractory to drug therapy can be modified. We present a case of a patient with bilateral congenital renal arteriovenous fistulas that were treated with two different embolization techniques in function of the morphology of the fistula and the intensity of the flow; treatment achieved control of the clinical symptoms of hypertension.
Argüelles García
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Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, España. bonel1980@yahoo.es
Medrano
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Meilán Martínez
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Vega
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D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery; D012082:Renal Veins