Strategy of endovascular treatment for renal artery aneurysms

Renal artery aneurysm (RAA) is a rare disease. The incident rate detected upon autopsy was 0.3 –0.7%. The incidence is almost 1% for the population undergoing renal artery angiography.1 In recent years, with increasing use of ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) for renal artery, asymptomatic RAA has been wide ly recognised and treated.2 In the last century, RAA was most commonly treated with surgical resection. Now, with the development of interventional microcatheter-guidewire systems and new embolic materials, endovascular treatment has become the first-line therapy for RAA because of its minimal invas iveness and because it is associated with minor complications and low mortality.

Source: Clinical Radiology - December 5, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Y. Wang, S. Song, G. Zhou, D. Liu, X. Xia, B. Liang, B. Xiong, H. Liang, C. Zheng, G. Feng Tags: Technical Report Source Type: research