Percutaneous transluminal renal artery angioplasty in a 31/2-year-old hypertensive girl

Percutaneous Balloon Angioplasty of Renovascular Hypertension in Pediatric Cases

“…Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) has emerged as a less invasive and safe treatment (5,6). There is growing experience in PTRA after first successful intervention in 1980 (7).…”

Successful percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for treatment of renovascular hypertension in a 15-month-old child

“…Several studies have shown that renal artery stenosis caused by ®bromuscular dysplasia can be treated with good longterm results by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty [1,2,3,8,9], however, the applicability of this technique is limited in young children by the small size of their vessels. There are only few children reported in the literature who were treated at an age of less than 4 years [1,2,4,10]. To the best of our knowledge, our patient is the youngest child who underwent successful balloon angioplasty of renal artery stenosis.…”

Fibromuscular dysplasia of the renal artery in a child: detection by Doppler ultrasound and correction by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

“…Adult patients with fibromuscular dysplasia show a particularly good response to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty [3]. Successful treatment by transluminal dilatation has now been described in a number of cases of renal artery stenosis in children [4,5]. Our case indicates that Doppler ultrasound examination of the kidneys in hypertensive children may prove to be a valuable, noninvasive means of detecting this condition, which can be treated safely and effectively by transluminal dilatation.…”