Journal of the Korean Society of Pediatric Nephrology  2008;12(1):105-110

A Case of Renovascular Hypertension Controlled by Percutaneous Transluminal Renal Angioplasty with Balloon Dilatatio.

Sung Woo PARK 1 ; Su Ho JEONG ; Young Sun JEON ; Yong Hoon JUN ; Young Jin HONG ; Ji Eun LEE

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Keywords

Renovascular hypertension; Renal artery stenosis; Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Renovascular hypertension results from a lesion that impairs blood flow to a part of or all, of one or both kidneys. Renal artery stenosis is the major cause of renovascular hypertension and the most common cause of treatable secondary hypertension. Recently, percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty(PTRA) with or without stent placement, has become the preferred choice for correcting symptomatic renal artery stenosis since it is less invasive than surgical reconstruction. PTRA with balloons designed for the dilatation of the coronary artery can be tried in small sized renal artery stenosis. We report a case of renovascular hypertension in a 13-year-old male who had small sized renal artery stenosis. Hypertension was controlled by PTRA with balloon dilatation.