Percutaneous Mechanical Thrombectomy and Pharmacologic Thrombolysis for Renal Artery Embolism: Case Report and Review of Endovascular Treatment

 

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ABSTRACT

Renal artery embolism (RAE) is an uncommon event that is associated with a high rate of renal loss. We present a case of RAE to a solitary kidney that was treated with combined percutaneous rheolytic thrombectomy, intra-arterial thrombolysis, and supplemental renal artery stent placement.

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Alik FarberM.D. F.I.C.A. 

Section of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston University Medical Center

88 East Newton Street, Collamore Building, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02119

Email: alik.farber@bmc.org