FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS GRAFT IMPROVES MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION SECONDARY TO COMMON ILIAC ARTERY-OCCLUSION IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT - A CASE-REPORT

An atherosclerotic lesion in the aortoiliac vasculature proximal to th e anastomosis of a transplant renal artery is a rare cause of refracto ry hypertension. The authors describe a renal recipient who developed refractory hypertension secondary to common iliac artery occlusion pro ximal to a transplant renal artery. A femorofemoral reconstruction res ulted in dramatic improvement in hypertension. Femorofemoral reconstru ction for revascularization of a transplant renal artery has not been previously described in the literature.