Drug coated balloon angioplasty for renal artery stenosis due to Takayasu arteritis: Report of five cases

Table 1 Patient characteristics before balloon angioplasty

Patient No.	Age, (yr)	Gender	Blood pressure, mm Hg	No. of antihypertensive drugs	Serum creatinine, mg/dL	eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2	ESR, mm/h	CRP, mg/L	Diameter of involved artery, mm
1	18	F	149/69	0	51	16.7	12.0	4.20	Occlusive
2	16	F	146/90	1	69	24.4	7.7	3.52	Occlusive
3	14	F	170/115	1	55	18.6	43.0	1.50	Occlusive
4	13	F	176/104	2	27	19.3	3.8	1.11	0.9
5	17	F	174/117	3	75	25.1	4.3	0.78	2.5

GFR: Glomerular filtration rate; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; F: Female.

Table 2 Patient characteristics after balloon angioplasty

Patient No.	Blood pressure, mm Hg	No. of antihypertensive drugs	Serum creatinine, mg/dL	eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2	ESR, mm/h	CRP, mg/L	Diameter of involved artery, mm	Follow-up, mo
1	115/75	0	67	35.29	8.9	0.30	6.0	23.8
2	126/65	0	61	76.70	5.1	0.70	3.3	21.1
3	114/72	0	56	91.87	7.0	0.58	4.1	5.1
4	121/74	1	24	86.27	3.5	0.33	3.0	14.4
5	123/80	1	62	101.98	2.6	0.18	7.0	5.2

GFR: Glomerular filtration rate; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein.