Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty in Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis as First-Line Treatment in the Early Postoperative Period


Ucar A., Yahyayev A., Bakkaloglu H., Agayev A., Aydin A. E., Rozanes I.

CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, cilt.34, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty has been successfully used for the treatment of transplant renal artery stenosis (RAS). Cutting-balloon angioplasty (CBA) is being used as a second option in pressure-resistant stenosis. It is thought that CBA is less traumatic and therefore restenosis occurs less frequently than in conventional angioplasty. This case report describes the unusual use of a cutting balloon in transplant RAS as a first option in the early postoperative period. Long-term follow-up data are also presented.