MANAGEMENT OF CLAUDICATION AND HYPERTENSION BY STENT IMPLANTATION IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

Graft artery stenosis is one of the main causes of hypertension in ren al transplant recipients. We present a rare case of severe common ilia c artery stenosis, proximal to the graft artery, that was the cause of accelerated hypertension and claudication in a male renal transplant recipient. After percutaneous balloon angioplasty combined with a Palm az stent implantation, a dramatic improvement of hypertension and clau dication was observed during a 10-month follow-up period.