Renal artery aneurysm: An endovascular treatment for a rare cause of hypertension

• Author(s): Moreira, N ; Pêgo, M ; Carvalheiro, V ; Agostinho, A ; Donato, P ; Pego, J ; Ferreira, MJ ; Providência, LA
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1479
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Hipertensão; Aneurisma; Artéria Renal
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Renal artery aneurysms are a rare cause of secondary hypertension. Endovascular treatment with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-coated stent can exclude aneurysms and treat hypertension. We report the case of a 23-year-old man with hypertension diagnosed three years earlier and in whom renal angiography revealed three aneurysms involving the right renal artery. A covered stent was implanted, resulting in successful exclusion of the aneurysm. Ten months after the procedure the patient is asymptomatic and with normal blood pressure without antihypertensive therapy.