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Renal Ischaemia Reperfusion Injury: A Mouse Model of Injury and Regeneration
Published on: June 7, 2014
[A case of bilateral renal infarction]
T Fukatsu1, K Kurimoto, M Kanai
1Department of Urology, Mie University School of Medicine.
Abstract:
A 67-year-old woman was admitted with aching pain in her left flank and nausea. Bilateral renal infarctions were noticed by CT scan and arteriography. Selective intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy was performed. Urokinase (UK) was administered through a balloon catheter embedded into the occlusive segment of the left renal artery selectively. UK (20,000 units/hour) was continuously infused after short-term high dose UK (360,000) infusion. In spite of recanalization of the occluded artery, CT scan and renoscintigraphy image did not suggest recovery of renal function. Conservative intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy is considered to be the most effective treatment for renal infarction.
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