Relapses of pulmonary edema in patients with bilateral renal artery stenosis (the Pickering syndrome)
AbstractIn 1988 T. G. Pickering et al. described the development of pulmonary oedema in patients with bilateral renal artery stenosis. The authors reported a series of 11 hypertensive patients with bilateral RAS, who presented with a history of multiple episodes of acute heart failure. This review examines the literature which discusses the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of patients with Pickering syndrome.
Keywords:pulmonary oedema, vasorenal hypertension, Pickering syndrome, renal artery stenosis