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Non‐invasive renal artery embolization for renal dysplasia accompanied by hypertension
Author(s) -
Yanagida Hidehiko,
Tabata Nobutada,
Sugimoto Keisuke,
Izu Akane,
Wada Norihisa,
Sakata Naoki,
Okada Mitsuru,
Takemura Tsukasa
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/ped.12226
Subject(s) - medicine , fibromuscular dysplasia , renal artery stenosis , renovascular hypertension , right renal artery , renal artery , blood pressure , embolization , catheter , refractory (planetary science) , secondary hypertension , cardiology , surgery , kidney , physics , astrobiology
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.