Contralateral renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia after nephrectomy for renal artery stenosis.

Treatment of renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia.

Fibromuscular dysplasia is a nonatherosclerotic and noninflammatory disease that can result in stenoses of the renal arteries and hypertension, most commonly affecting middle-aged women. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty has long been considered the mainstay of therapy and offers high rates of improved or cured hypertension. The disease involves the mid and distal renal arteries and branchp...

Optimal management of renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a nonatherosclerotic, noninflammatory angiopathy of unknown cause affecting medium-sized (most commonly renal) arteries and causing renovascular hypertension. The most common medial multifocal type of FMD (with the "string of beads" appearance) is more than four times more prevalent in females than in males. FMD accounts for up to 10% of cases of renovascular hy...

Renal artery aneurysm and fibromuscular dysplasia.

A 27-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with rupture of the aneurysm. The patient was sceptical about any surgical intervention. It was decided not to occasional headache and severe arterial hypertension, diagnosed 5 months ago. She reported an uneventful treat the aneurysm [4]. During a 2-year-follow-up period blood pressure remained slightly elevated pregnancy of twins delivered by Caesa...

MITRAL STENOSIS COMPLICATED BY RENAL ARTERY EMBOLISM

Six patients with mitral stenosis complicated by renal artery embolism studied prospectively are presented. In five patients there was unilateral and in one patient bilateral renal artery involvement. The diagnosis was confirmed by intravenous pyelography, retrograde pyelography, renal angiography, renal scan or a combination of these. All had atrial fibrillation, proteinuria and elevated ...

Bilateral renal artery stenosis after renal denervation.