Changes of hemostatic parameters during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in 75 patients with chronic coronary artery disease were evaluated. Plasma levels of D-dimer, soluble fibrin monomer, plasmin-โฃ2 antiplasmin inhibitor complex, and tissue factor (TF) were significantly incr
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of renal artery stenosis in a child with hypertensive heart disease
โ Scribed by Chi Di Liang; Sheung Fat Ko; Chih Yuan Fang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 115 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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โฆ Synopsis
A 1.5-year-old girl developed congestive heart failure 9 months after she presented with hypertension. The hypertension was caused by a renal artery stenosis. A short-segment stenosis at the ostium of the left renal artery was confirmed by arteriogram. After balloon angioplasty, the blood pressure and heart function returned to normal. Angioplasty had an excellent result of relieving hypertension and heart failure in this patient. Cathet.
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