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Renal Branch Artery Occlusion in a 13-Year-Old Hypertensive Girl: Initial Treatment and Treatment of Recurrent Stenosis by Balloon Angioplasty

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A 13-year-old girl who recently developed hypertension was diagnosed to have an occluded right renal branch artery and was treated successfully with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA). To our knowledge, PTA has not been reported as a treatment for totally occluded renal branch arteries, and there is no data available regarding the success rate and possible complications.

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  1. Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

    Orhan Konez & Patricia E. Burrows

  2. Department of Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

    William E. Harmon

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Konez, O., Burrows, P. & Harmon, W. Renal Branch Artery Occlusion in a 13-Year-Old Hypertensive Girl: Initial Treatment and Treatment of Recurrent Stenosis by Balloon Angioplasty. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 24, 343–346 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-001-0027-5

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