Successful Wallstent implantation for extensive iatrogenic renal artery dissection in a patient with fibromuscular dysplasia.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe a case of renal artery stenosis with fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) and extensive iatrogenic dissection treated with Wallstent implantation.

Methods and results: An 83-year-old woman with a history of coronary artery disease and hypertension presented at another facility with exertional angina and poorly controlled hypertension. Renal arteriography uncovered a critical right renal artery stenosis with severe FMD. However, angioplasty resulted in extensive dissection of the renal artery, for which the patient was referred to our institution. The renal artery was recanalized via the left brachial approach with restoration of flow using a Wallstent and a Palmaz stent. The patient's blood pressure was controllable after this procedure, and follow-up duplex imaging with flow velocities at 6 months showed patent right renal artery stents.

Conclusions: Owing to its length and flexibility, the Wallstent endoprosthesis was a useful treatment modality in this case of extensive renal artery dissection.