Infantile Renovascular Hypertension with Failure to Thrive

Amanda R Phillips; Jonathan L Eliason; James C Stanley; Dawn M Coleman

doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2015.12.007

Infantile Renovascular Hypertension with Failure to Thrive

Ann Vasc Surg. 2016 May:33:227.e5-8. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2015.12.007. Epub 2016 Mar 8.

Authors

Amanda R Phillips¹, Jonathan L Eliason¹, James C Stanley¹, Dawn M Coleman²

Affiliations

¹ Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, MI.
² Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: dawnbarn@umich.edu.

PMID: 26965798
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2015.12.007

Abstract

Severe hypertension in infancy is a rare cause of failure to thrive. The successful surgical management of this disease in an infant having refractory renovascular hypertension and growth failure is reported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Aorta, Abdominal / abnormalities*
Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Abdominal / physiopathology
Aorta, Abdominal / surgery
Aortic Coarctation / complications*
Aortic Coarctation / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Coarctation / physiopathology
Aortic Coarctation / surgery
Aortography / methods
Blood Pressure
Computed Tomography Angiography
Failure to Thrive*
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Renovascular / diagnosis
Hypertension, Renovascular / etiology*
Hypertension, Renovascular / physiopathology
Infant
Nephrectomy
Renal Artery Obstruction / complications*
Renal Artery Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
Renal Artery Obstruction / physiopathology
Renal Artery Obstruction / surgery
Renal Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Renal Artery* / physiopathology
Renal Artery* / surgery
Replantation
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Grafting