Acute Renal Infarction Treated With Local Intra-arterial Thrombolysis

J Invasive Cardiol. 2020 Jan;32(1):E15-E16.

Abstract

A 53-year-old man with stable coronary disease and dyslipidemia was admitted with sudden pain of severe intensity in the left flank. Selective catheterization of the left renal artery, followed by alteplase infusion for 6 hours, resolved the patient's symptoms.

Keywords: acute renal infarction; oral anticoagulation; renal embolism; thrombolytic therapy; thrombosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Computed Tomography Angiography / methods*
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Infarction* / diagnostic imaging
  • Infarction* / physiopathology
  • Infarction* / therapy
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial / methods
  • Kidney* / blood supply
  • Kidney* / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney* / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Renal Artery Obstruction* / diagnosis
  • Renal Artery Obstruction* / physiopathology
  • Renal Artery Obstruction* / therapy
  • Thrombolytic Therapy / methods*
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / therapy
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator