Stenting of the Renal Artery to Improve Renal Function Prior to Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair

Abstract

Purpose:

To report the successful staged treatment of a patient with a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAA), who presented with renal insufficiency attributable to renal artery stenosis.

Methods and Results:

A 66-year-old woman with a 6-cm Crawford type IV TAA presented with uncontrolled hypertension (240/130 mmHg), worsening congestive heart failure, and progressive renal insufficiency (serum creatinine 3.8 mg/dL) caused by renal artery stenosis to a solitary functioning kidney. Renal artery stenting restored normal renal and pulmonary function, and elective TAA repair 6 weeks after percutaneous stenting was uneventful. Restenosis (50% diameter reduction) in the renal artery was found 10 months later and treated with repeat dilation. Secondary patency was maintained at follow-up 21 months after redilation.

Conclusions:

It appears feasible to use preliminary renal artery stenting to reduce operative risk in TAA surgical candidates with renal insufficiency secondary to renal artery stenosis.

Keywords

renal angioplasty renal insufficiency renovascular hypertension congestive heart failure restenosis

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