title: Renal artery aneurysm: an endovascular treatment for a rare cause of hypertension.
abstract: Renal artery aneurysms are a rare cause of secondary hypertension. Endovascular treatment with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-coated stent can exclude aneurysms and treat hypertension. We report the case of a 23-year-old man with hypertension diagnosed three years earlier and in whom renal angiography revealed three aneurysms involving the right renal artery. A covered stent was implanted, resulting in successful exclusion of the aneurysm. Ten months after the procedure the patient is asymptomatic and with normal blood pressure without antihypertensive therapy.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. nadia.moreira5@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nádia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pêgo
authors.forename: Vítor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carvalheiro
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agostinho
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pego
authors.forename: Maria João
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Providência
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery; D055815:Young Adult