title: Non-invasive renal artery embolization for renal dysplasia accompanied by hypertension.
abstract: Renovascular hypertension caused by renal dysplasia often is resistant to drug therapy. For a 14-year-old girl with such refractory hypertension, a non-invasive right renal ablation by embolization with anhydrous ethanol using a shepherd 's-crook' balloon catheter, was done. Blood pressure then rapidly normalized. Apart from mild fever after the procedure, no adverse effects occurred. In patients with mild renal artery stenosis and hypertension resistant to anti-hypertensive drug therapy, renal artery embolization may be a useful option.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidehiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yanagida
authors.forename: Nobutada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Akane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Izu
authors.forename: Norihisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takemura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007269:Injections, Intra-Arterial; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D012077:Renal Artery
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol
keywords: drug resistance; embolization therapy; hypertension; renal artery; renal dysplasia