BILATERAL RENAL-ARTERY OCCLUSION - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy predisposes patients to atrial fibrillatio n and the development of systemic embolization. We describe a rare cas e of bilateral renal artery thrombosis which presented as acute renal failure requiring dialysis. The patient was successfully treated with a selective, continuous infusion of urokinase which resulted in the re turn of adequate renal function.