Drug-eluting stent insertion in the treatment of in-stent renal artery restenosis in three renal transplant recipients

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Dec;19(12):1757-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.09.009. Epub 2008 Oct 26.

Abstract

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) with or without stent insertion is the treatment of choice in transplant renal artery stenosis. However, in-stent restenosis occurs in as many as 13% of patients after PTA and stent insertion. This article describes three patients with recurrent transplant renal artery in-stent stenosis who were treated with paclitaxel-eluting stents. In two patients, the transplant renal artery remained patent after insertion of the drug-eluting stent (DES), and one patient required balloon angioplasty 7 months after the DES was inserted.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
  • Cardiovascular Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Drug-Eluting Stents*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Metals*
  • Middle Aged
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage*
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / pathology
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / therapy*
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Patency

Substances

  • Cardiovascular Agents
  • Metals
  • Paclitaxel