Case report: evolution of a type B aortic dissection following renal artery angioplasty

Gendler, R.; Mitty, H.A.

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine new York 60(4): 330-332

1993


ISSN/ISBN: 0027-2507
PMID: 8232381
Document Number: 419697
Percutaneous renal artery angioplasty is an accepted treatment for renal artery stenosis. A variety of complications have been reported related to this procedure. The authors report a case of Type B aortic dissection occurring immediately following renal artery angioplasty, a previously unreported complication of renal artery angioplasty. A mechanism for this complication in this patient is postulated.

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