Severe renal vascular hypertension caused by upper left branch renal artery stenosis complicated with multiple thrombosis and cardiac hypertrophy

• Authors: Danko Milošević , Danica Batinić , Sonja Hodžić , Maja Lemac , Marija Spajić , Daniel Turudić , Ana-Meyra Potkonjak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A severe hypertension was found in a 9 month old boy with signs and symptoms of severe arterial hypertension. An upper left branch renal artery stenosis complicated with multiple thrombosis and cardiac hypertrophy was diagnosed. Surgical heminephrectomy of the upper pole of the left kidney was successful in blood pressure normalization with significant improve of cardiac function and thrombosis recanalization.

Keywords

EN

Arterial hypertension; Left branch renal artery stenosis; Cardiac hypertrophy; Thrombosis; Children

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 443-445

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2014

online

8 - 7 - 2014

Contributors

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Danko Milošević

• Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb Medical School, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

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Danica Batinić

• Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb Medical School, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

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Sonja Hodžić

• Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb Medical School, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

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Maja Lemac

• Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Clinical Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb Medical School, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia

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Marija Spajić

• General Hospital Karlovac, A Štampara 3, 47000, Karlovac, Croatia

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Daniel Turudić

• University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 2, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

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Ana-Meyra Potkonjak

• University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 2, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-013-0299-6