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Percutaneous renal artery angioplasty and stenting: indications, technique and results
1Department of Radiology, Tallaght Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland. terrykok@gmail.com
Background:
Percutaneous interventions for renal arterial disease can be used to treat a variety of conditions including both atherosclerotic and non-atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (RAS) as well as endovascular management of renal artery aneurysms (RAA).
Aim:
We sought to examine the indications, techniques and results of percutaneous renal angioplasty and stenting in our institution over a 6-year period and review the current evidence for practice.
Methods:
Patient demographics, procedure indications, technical procedural details, complications, baseline and follow-up renal profile indices were analysed.
Results:
The most common indication for intervention was atherosclerotic RAS (69.2%) followed by RAS secondary to fibromuscular dysplasia (15.3%) and RAA (15.3%). There was a 100% technical success in our cohort of patients. The majority of patients (84.6%) had cross-sectional imaging in the form of computed tomography or magnetic resonance angiography prior to intervention.
Conclusion:
When performed in appropriate settings following close liaison with referring physicians, percutaneous renal angioplasty and stenting remains an important treatment modality for renovascular disease.
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