Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of renal artery stenosis in a child with hypertensive heart disease

A 1.5-year-old girl developed congestive heart failure 9 months after she p resented with hypertension. The hypertension was caused by a renal artery s tenosis. A short-segment stenosis at the ostium of the left renal artery wa s confirmed by arteriogram. After balloon angioplasty, the blood pressure a nd heart function returned to normal. Angioplasty had an excellent result o f relieving hypertension and heart failure in this patient. Cathet. Cardiov asc. Intervent 48:374-377, 1999. (C) 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.