Renal artery stenosis: acute congestive heart failure as a possible cause

Krzesinski, J.M.

Revue Medicale de Liege 57(5): 253-257

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0370-629X
PMID: 12143163
Document Number: 549954
Among the different causes of pulmonary edema, there are all the clinical situations with hydrosaline overload. A significant (> 70%) bilateral renal artery stenosis or a unilateral stenosis in the presence of a solitary kidney is one possibility. Recurrent acute pulmonary edema not fully explained on a cardiac basis is rather typical for such a disease in a cardiac patient with moderate renal failure aggravated when angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors are used.

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