Case Report
Stenting of a renal artery bifurcation stenosis
David S. W. Ho MD, PhD,
W. H. Chen MD,
C. Woo RN,
Corresponding Author
David S. W. Ho MD, PhD
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong KongSearch for more papers by this authorW. H. Chen MD
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Search for more papers by this authorC. Woo RN
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Search for more papers by this authorDavid S. W. Ho MD, PhD,
W. H. Chen MD,
C. Woo RN,
Corresponding Author
David S. W. Ho MD, PhD
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong KongSearch for more papers by this authorW. H. Chen MD
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Search for more papers by this authorC. Woo RN
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 12 December 1998
Citations: 9
Abstract
Renal artery stenosis involving the renal artery ostium often responds suboptimally to balloon angioplasty. In this context, immediate and long-term results can be optimized by stenting. Occasionally, lesions may involve the midartery segment at a branch point. We report a case of a bifurcation lesion which responded poorly to balloon angioplasty despite the kissing balloon technique. Excellent angiographic result was finally achieved by deploying two flexible coil stents in a “kissing” fashion. The patient's hypertension came under control overnight. At 6-month follow up, he remained normotensive on no medication. Repeat renal angiogram also showed no restenosis. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 45:445–449, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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