title: Renal artery aneurysms: movement toward endovascular repair.
abstract: Renal artery aneurysm (RAA) is an uncommon disease and is typically an incidental finding on imaging performed for other medical ailments. Sequelae of RAA include rupture and difficult to control hypertension. Repair of RAA is considered in suitable surgical candidates when a maximum diameter of 2 cm is reached or in those females who are pregnant or trying to conceive. Surgical options have expanded from traditional open aneurysmectomy or arteriorrhaphy to robotic-laparoscopic repair and a manifold of endovascular approaches.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Halsted 668, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-8611.
authors.forename: Kristine C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Orion
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Halsted 668, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-8611. Electronic address: cabular1@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Abularrage
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D011247:Pregnancy; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome