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The case of a 23-year-old patient with malignant hypertension following a renal transplant illustrates the successful treatment of the hypertension with embolization of the native kidneys. Azotemia followed and was successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of high-grade stenosis at the anastomotic site of the allograft. Malignant hypertension redeveloped with the recanalization of the embolized native kidneys. This was successfully treated with contrast ablation.
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Russell, R.D. Embolization and angioplasty to relieve malignant hypertension and azotemia in a renal transplant patient. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 5, 307–311 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552803
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