Treatment of hypertension from renal artery entrapment by percutaneous CT-Guided botulinum toxin injection into Diaphragmatic crus as alternative to surgery and stenting


Bilici A., KARÇAALTINCABA M., Ilica A. T., Bukte Y., Senol A.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, vol.189, no.3, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 189 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.2214/ajr.07.2355
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVE. Our objective was to describe the technique and outcome of CT-guided injection of botulinum toxin into the diaphragmatic crus in a patient with hypertension caused by left diaphragmatic crus compression of the left renal artery.