Renal artery stenting 3 years experience with the Palmaz Stent

ABSTRACT

In this work, Palmaz Schatz stents were deployed for 36 patients with renal artery stenosis. The technical success in deploying the stents was 100%. Thirty-five patients were controlled angiographically after 4-6 months. The mean period of follow up was 19.4 +/- 4.5 months. One case showed acute thrombosis treated successfully with fibrinolysis. Restenosis was encountered in 11 patients. A nonsignificant restenosis was detected in three patients. All cases of restenosis during the follow up were successfully treated with balloon angioplasty. Renal artery stenting could be a good adjunctive to PTRA