Management of claudication and hypertension by stent implantation in a renal transplant recipient

• Published in: Journal of human hypertension Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 417 - 418
• Main Authors: AGROYANNIS, B, FOURTOUNAS, C, MOURIKIS, D, TZANATOS, H, KOPELIAS, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Nature Publishing 01-06-1998; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Angioplasty; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; Balloon treatment; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiovascular diseases; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension, Renal - complications; Hypertension, Renal - etiology; Hypertension, Renal - therapy; Iliac Artery - surgery; Implants; Intermittent Claudication - etiology; Intermittent Claudication - therapy; Kidney Transplantation; Kidney transplants; Male; Medical sciences; Stenosis; Stents; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the urinary system; Kidney disease; Human; Hypertension; Urinary system disease; Lower limb; Instrumentation therapy; Stenosis; Cardiovascular disease; Transplantation; Instrumental dilatation; Homotransplantation; Stent; Iliac artery; Kidney; Case study; Treatment; Surgery; Occlusive arterial disease; Complication; Arterial disease of the limb
• ISSN: 0950-9240; 1476-5527
• DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000609

Graft artery stenosis is one of the main causes of hypertension in renal transplant recipients. We present a rare case of severe common iliac artery stenosis, proximal to the graft artery, that was the cause of accelerated hypertension and claudication in a male renal transplant recipient. After percutaneous balloon angioplasty combined with a Palmaz stent implantation, a dramatic improvement of hypertension and claudication was observed during a 10-month follow-up period.