Grüntzig A, Kuhlmann U, Vetter W, Lütolf U, Meier B, Siegenthaler W
Lancet. 1978 Apr 15;1(8068):801-2. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(78)93000-3.
Percutaneous transluminal dilatation of a left-sided renal-artery stenosis was done in a 61-year-old patient with hypertension. Shortly after dilatation blood-pressure fell to normal and renal plasma flow increased. Dilatation might be an alternative to renal vascular surgery in severe renal hypertension.