Percutaneous cutting balloon angioplasty for the treatment of renovascular hypertension in children and adolescents

aDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology

bDepartment of Cardiology, Fondazione Policlinico ‘Ca’ Granda” IRCCS, Milan

cDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Heart Lung Transplantation, Bambin Gesù Hospital and Research Institute, Rome

dDepartment of Radiology

eDepartment of Renal Transplantation

fPediatric Anesthesiology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico ‘Ca’ Granda’ IRCCS

gUniversity of Milan, Milan, Italy

Correspondence to Patrizia Salice, Nefrologia Pediatrica, Clinica De Marchi, Fondazione Policlinico ‘Ca Granda’, IRCCS, Via Commenda 9, Milan 20129, Italy. Tel: +39 02 5503 2883; fax: +39 02 5503 2451; e-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure measurement; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ASA, acetyl salicylic acid; BP, blood pressure; CTA, computerized tomography angiography; FMD, fibromuscular dysplasia; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; MAS, mid aortic syndrome; NF1, neurofibromatosis 1; PCBA, percutaneous cutting balloon angioplasty; PTRA, percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty; RAAS, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system; RAS, renal artery stenosis; RVH, renovascular hypertension

Received 15 December, 2021

Accepted 18 March, 2022

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