학술논문

Postrenal biopsy AVM leading to severe hypertension and dilated cardiomyopathy.
Document Type
Report
Source
Pediatric Nephrology. Dec2009, Vol. 24 Issue 12, p2459-2462. 4p. 2 Black and White Photographs.
Subject
*BIOPSY
*CARDIOMYOPATHIES
*HYPERTENSION
*CARDIAC arrest
*HEART failure
Language
ISSN
0931-041X
Abstract
A 3-year-old girl with Alport syndrome presented with decompensated heart failure from hypertension-induced cardiomyopathy 6 months following renal biopsy. Selective renal angiography revealed a large left renal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) with poor perfusion to the left renal parenchyma. The AVF was treated by transcatheter embolization using an Amplatzer vascular plug. Her blood pressure normalized after embolization, and her cardiac function normalized over the following 4 months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]