Acute thrombosis of left renal artery treated with thrombolysis and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

Autor: Jose Antonio Velasco Barcena, Luis Alberto Pereda López, Omar Gomez Monterrosas, Giancarla Scalone
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: European Heart Journal. 37:2734-2734
ISSN: 1522-9645
0195-668X
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw243
Popis: A 49-year-old woman, ex-smoker, with hypertension treated with II receptor antagonist was referred to our emergency department for back pain, systolic blood pressure value of 210/100 mmHg and worsening of renal function (estimated glomerular filtration rate [EGFR] 30 mL/min, creatinine value 1.9 mg/dL). The patient underwent an abdominal angiographic computed tomography (Angio-CT) showing a thrombus involving the origin of the left renal artery (LRA) ( Panel A ). We performed a selective angiography of the LRA ( Panel B ) and initiated thrombolysis with 35 mg of Reteplase through a microcatheter 4 …
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