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- Title
Kawasaki disease complicated by renal artery stenosis.
- Authors
Foster, B J; Bernard, C; Drummond, K N
- Abstract
We report the case of a child who developed severe renovascular hypertension six months after acute Kawasaki disease. The hypertension was well controlled with enalapril, but there was a gradual decrease in function of the affected kidney. The lesion, an ostial stenosis of the right main renal artery, was not amenable to percutaneous balloon angioplasty, so was treated with bypass surgery. Vasculitis is an important cause of renovascular hypertension in children. This case highlights the importance of regular blood pressure monitoring in children with a history of systemic vasculitis.
- Publication
Archives of disease in childhood, 2000, Vol 83, Issue 3, p253
- ISSN
1468-2044
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/adc.83.3.253