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15503169

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
Percutaneous treatment of renal artery stenosis (RAS) is an accepted procedure and numerous reports have been published. However, experience with its use in RAS in the transplanted kidney in children is scarce. Since 1994 we have diagnosed RAS in seven children with the use of Doppler ultrasonography (US), confirming it with percutaneous angiography (PAG). In six of the seven patients percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) was performed. In one patient a metallic stent was placed due to the extension of the arterial lesion, and a second stent was placed in another child when a re-stenosis was diagnosed 1 month after the PTA. All patients presented with hypertension (de novo or 30% increase over previous values). After ruling out acute rejection, calcineurin inhibitor toxicity, and urinary obstruction, US was performed and, when an increase in arterial flux velocity was registered, PAG was also performed. Six children showed an increase in serum creatinine (Cr) and proteinuria. Blood pressure decreased after the procedure and Cr returned to previous levels in all children. One of the grafts was lost due to chronic transplant rejection 7 years later. The other children have a functioning kidney. Although this is a small group of patients, the consistently good results and the lack of reported experience prompted us to communicate our preliminary observation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0931-041X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1400-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Percutaneous treatment of transplant renal artery stenosis in children.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Transplante Pediátrico, Instituto de Nefrología, Buenos Aires, Argentina. arepetto@intramed.net.ar
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article