Transluminal Angioplasty of Transplanted Renal Artery Stenosis: A Review of the Literature for Its Safety and Efficacy

Table 1

Studies published over the last decade presenting transplant renal artery stenosis treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting.

Study (year)	Number of patients	Technical success (%)	Clinical Success (%)*	Follow-up (mean; months)	Complications related to the procedure (%)
Ghazanfar et al. (2011) [4]	44	100	86	60	—**
Saratnahaei et al. (2010) [5]	9	100	77.7	17.3	—
Henning et al. (2009) [6]	13	92.3	Not mentioned	33.15	—
Hagen et al. (2009) [7]	24	93	75	3	14
Pappas et al. (2008) [8]	22	100	91	29.5	—
Peregrin et al. (2008) [9]	55	88	65	36	25.5
Geddes et al. (2008) [10]	27	100	88.8	60	7.4
Valpreda et al. (2008) [11]	30	100	80	85.2	2.9
Polak et al. (2006) [12]	7	100	83.3	25.3	—
Audard et al. (2006) [13]	29	93.1	67.2	148	10.3
Salvadori et al. (2005) [14]	26	100	76.3	43.3	—
Voiculescu et al. (2005) [15]	31	90.3	75.5	45.2	12.9
Beecroft et al. (2004) [16]	17	100	94	27	10.5
Patel et al. (2001) [17]	17	94	82	26.9	—

*Estimated as significant clinical benefit or good graft function during the whole follow-up period.
**No procedure-related complication mentioned.