From the Medical Literature - May 1998

Record  1
 
  Percutaneous   transluminal  angioplasty  of  renal  artery  stenosis  in
children.
  Courtel  JV;  Soto  B; Niaudet P; Gagnadoux MF; Carteret M; Quignodon JF;
Brunelle F
  Service  de  radiologie pediatrique, Hopital des Enfants Malades, 149 rue
de Sevres, F-75 743 Paris cedex 15, France.
  Pediatr Radiol (GERMANY)   Jan 1998,  28 (1) p59-63,  ISSN 0301-0449
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW OF REPORTED CASES

  Twenty percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasties were performed on 16
children  (mean  age 8.7 years) with hypertension secondary to renal artery
stenosis  (RAS).  The  aetiologies were neurofibromatosis (n = 1), Williams
syndrome (n = 2), Takayasu arteritis (n = 1) and fibromuscular dysplasia (n
=  12).  The  stenosis  was  isolated  proximal  or  distal in 13 cases and
multiple  in  3  cases.  Angioplasty  resulted  in  a complete cure without
medical  treatment  in  9 cases. Angioplasty allowed a reduction of medical
treatment  in  two  single  stenoses,  but  was ineffective in all cases of
multiple stenoses. Our findings show that angioplasty of RAS in children is
an  effective  treatment when the stenosis is isolated, with a 69 % success
rate. It seems ineffective in case of multiple stenoses (three cases).  (22
 Refs.)
 
Record  2

  On the trail of genetic culprits in Williams syndrome.
  Keating MT
  Howard  Hughes  Medical  Institute,  University  of  Utah, Salt Lake City
84112, USA.
  Cardiovasc Res (NETHERLANDS)   Nov 1997,  36 (2) p134-7,  ISSN 0008-6363
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
  (18 Refs.)
 
Record  3

  Huldre folk of elfame: a case of hidden infirmities.
  Weber KT
  University of Missouri-Columbia, Division of Cardiology, OH 65212, USA.
  Cardiovasc Res (NETHERLANDS)   Nov 1997,  36 (2) p132-3,  ISSN 0008-6363
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE

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