Tan TW, Bohannon WT, Mattos MA, Hodgson KJ, Farber A. Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy and pharmacologic thrombolysis for renal artery embolism: case report and review of endovascular treatment.
Int J Angiol 2012;
20:111-6. [PMID:
22654475 DOI:
10.1055/s-0031-1279682]
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Abstract
Renal artery embolism (RAE) is an uncommon event that is associated with a high rate of renal loss. We present a case of RAE to a solitary kidney that was treated with combined percutaneous rheolytic thrombectomy, intra-arterial thrombolysis, and supplemental renal artery stent placement.
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