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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2005;48(2):212-215. Published online February 15, 2005.

A Case of Renovascular Hypertension Controlled by Renal Artery Embolization

Jung Hun JH Yew¹, Young Deuk YD Kim¹, Byung Seok BS Shin², Hong Ryang HR Gil¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
²Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea

Correspondence Hong Ryang HR Gil ,Email: gilhong@cnu.ac.kr

Abstract

Renal artery stenosis is a major cause of renovascular hypertension and the most common cause of treatable secondary hypertension. There are several methods to treat renal artery stenosis, including surgery, percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty(PTRA), and renal artery stenting(RAS). But, renal artery embolization can be tried in atherosclerotic stenosis, multiple stenosis, microaneurysm, and stenosis difficult to try PTRA or RAS. We report a case of renovascular hypertension in a 14-year- old female who had multiple segmental renal artery stenosis. Hypertension was controlled by renal ablation therapy with renal artery embolization.

Keywords :Renal artery stenosis , Renovascular hypertension , Embolization