Renovascular Hypertension

Author:

Thomsen H. S.1,Sos T. A.1,Nielsen S. L.1

Affiliation:

1. From the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Københavns Amts Sygehus i Herlev, University of Copenhagen, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark, and the Department of Radiology, Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA

Abstract

Hypertension constitutes a major health problem and the challenge is to identify patients having ‘surgically’ curable renal vascular disease among the majority with so-called essential hypertension. The best of unsatisfactory diagnostic tests are renography and plasma renin activity both before and during angiotensin II blockade. The necessity of better screening tests has increased because of the recent advances in surgical techniques and especially percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty. The latter has definitely become the method of choice for correction of suspected hemodynamically significant artery stenoses whenever technically feasible. With improved angioplasty techniques the risk of treating renal artery stenosis without hemodynamic and clinical importance (so-called cosmetic repair) has increased. Unfortunately randomized trials including surgery versus angioplasty are not available. It should be kept in mind that only after correction of the stenosis is achieved and the blood pressure has become normal, can the diagnosis of renovascular hypertension be made with certainty.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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1. Interventional Uroradiology Today;Annals of Medicine;1992-01

2. Screening for Renovascular Hypertension;Radiologic Clinics of North America;1991-05

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