Renal artery stenosis in a young female patient with severe hypertension - a case report

Abstract

Renal artery stenosis is a frequent cause of secondary hypertension, but the diagnostic and therapeutic management of these hypertensive patients is controversial. We report a case of secondary hypertension due to renal artery stenosis, treated with the implantation of a drug-eluting stent.

Keywords

• Blood pressure
• renal artery stenosis
• hypertension
• secondary hypertension
• ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
• drug-eluting stent