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Angiography and embolization of bilateral renal arteries. a, b Clear bilateral renal artery with its branches in angiography. c Obliteration of bilateral renal arteries and their branches after injection with pure alcohol mixed with lipidol via the orifice of the right and left renal artery.
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Therefore, the patient underwent bilateral RAE; pure alcohol mixed with lipidol was injected via the orifices of the right and left renal arteries to obliterate the arteries and their branches (fig. 1).
The serial laboratory findings before and after bilateral RAE. Severe proteinuria relented after embolization on July 19, 2008. Serum albumin and creatinine levels and body weight (muscle mass) all increased after embolization and during HD over the 6 following months and remained at a relatively steady state thereafter.
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The serum albumin level was increased from 0.9 to 3.5 g/dl within 3 months (fig. 2). Hospitalization and protein substitution were no longer needed in the following 2 years (fig. 2).