[Ultrasound and color Doppler control of percutaneous angioplasty (PTA) of the renal artery]

Arch Ital Urol Nefrol Androl. 1992 Jun:64 Suppl 2:121-4.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The Authors report their experience about fifty patients affected with renovascular hypertension, treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for stenosis of main renal artery and now studied by Duplex-Scan and Color-doppler. Results, compared with arterial pressure measurements, renography and laboratory renal function evaluation, showed a sensibility of 84%, specificity of 90% and an accuracy of 87.5%. Advantages and limits of Duplex-scan in patients treated by PTA are briefly discussed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / therapy*
  • Time Factors
  • Ultrasonography*