percutaneous transcatheter ablation was performed on 18 kidneys in ten patients with end-stage renal disease ( esrd ) , who were either on hemodialysis or had undergone renal transplantation , for the following indications : nephrotic syndrome with massive protein loss ( seven patients , 13 kidneys ) , poorly controlled posttransplantation hypertension in the absence of transplant renal artery stenosis ( two patients , three kidneys ) , and diabetic nephropathy with persistent urine leak from ureterocutaneous fistulas following pelvic irradiation ( one patient , two kidneys ) .
C0022661
end-stage renal disease
C0022646
kidneys