Successful Reversal of Acute Kidney Failure by Ultrasound-Accelerated Thrombolysis of an Occluded Renal Artery
Figure 2
(a) Angiography (via left brachial access) just proximal of the right renal branch of the stent graft showing occlusion of the side branch in the renal artery (arrow). No opacification of the right kidney is identified, consistent with absent perfusion to the right kidney. (b) EKOS thrombolysis catheter with a working length of 6 cm (EKOS Endowave system; EKOS Corporation, Bothell, WA, USA) placed through side branch into right renal artery with filling of segmental renal artery branches after contrast injection. (c) Patent side branch after successful thrombolysis.
