Surgical approach to combined abdominal aortic aneurysm and renal artery stenosis

Thirty-four cases of combined abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and renal artery stenosis (RAS) are reported. Hypertension was found at admission in 32 subjects, the other two being well responsive to drug therapy. Angiography and selective renal vein renin assay were always performed: renal artery st...

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Published inPanminerva medica Vol. 34; no. 4; p. 181
Main Authors Ghilardi, G, Longhi, F, Bortolani, E, Vandone, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy 01.10.1992
Subjects
Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
Renal Artery Obstruction - complications
Renal Artery Obstruction - surgery
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Thirty-four cases of combined abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and renal artery stenosis (RAS) are reported. Hypertension was found at admission in 32 subjects, the other two being well responsive to drug therapy. Angiography and selective renal vein renin assay were always performed: renal artery stenosis was unilateral in 21 (61.7%) subjects and bilateral in 13 (38.3%). In 9 cases renal artery stenosis was not correlated to the hypertensive state. Mild chronic renal insufficiency was demonstrated preoperatively in 20 patients (58.8%). Simultaneous surgical treatment was carried out in 25 cases (73.5%). Mortality was 4% (one subject), severe renal insufficiency 8% (two subjects) and permanent renal failure 4% (one subject) All complications occurred among the group with bilateral RAS. While surgical repair of AAA is always mandatory, simultaneous surgical treatment of AAA and RAS should be carried out in carefully selected cases, due to elevated mortality rates reported in the literature, in order to cure renovascular hypertension, when it is demonstrated as related to RAS, or to preserve renal functionality, when RAS is contralateral to a functionally excluded or hypotrophic kidney or it exceeds 80% of the diameter of the artery.
ISSN:0031-0808