Renal Artery Stenosis in a Young Female without Fibromuscular Dysplasia with Literature Review | Zendy

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Renal Artery Stenosis in a Young Female without Fibromuscular Dysplasia with Literature Review

Author(s) -

Paloma Peralta,

Matthew Cholankeril,

Daniel B. Goldberg,

Jayanth Koneru,

Fayez Shamoon

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical medicine insights cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 21

ISSN - 1179-5468

DOI - 10.4137/cmc.s38172

Subject(s) - fibromuscular dysplasia , medicine , renal artery stenosis , etiology , angioplasty , renal artery , stenosis , cardiology , renovascular hypertension , dysplasia , radiology , kidney

Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is rare in young patients without fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD). RAS is primarily classified as having two major etiologies, namely, atherosclerosis and FMD, with 90% and 10%, respectively. We report a case of a female in her mid 20s who developed hypertension due to RAS with no evidence of FMD or underlying renal dysfunction and underwent successful angioplasty and stenting.

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