Gutiérrez Macías A, García Cuevas M, González de Garay Sanzo M, Miguélez Vidales J L, Urkijo Labrador J C, Martínez Ortiz de Zárate M
Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao.
An Med Interna. 1999 May;16(5):253-5.
Renal artery embolism is an infrequent entity that occurs in patients with underlying cardiac diseases. Diagnosis is usually difficult unless the index of suspicion is high. Local thrombolysis with low-dose fibrinolytic agents is an useful therapeutic intervention. We present 2 cases of renal artery embolism treated with intra-arterial urokinase and review clinical features and therapeutic options.