Resistant arterial hypertension and pulmonary edema in a patient with iatrogenic severe renal artery stenosis
2015
Abstract
Renovascular hypertension is one of the main causes of secondary hypertension. The most common substrate leading to renal artery stenosis is atherosclerosis, as well as fibromuscular dysplasia, furthermore it may be vasculitis, extrinsic compression, radiotherapy.
The gold standard for diagnosis of the renal artery stenosis is the angiography. In this case report we present a patient with iatrogenic stenosis of the right renal artery manifesting as a pulmonary oedema, resistant arterial hypertension and chronic renal insufficiency.