Screening for renal artery stenosis: which patients? Which test?
If a patient has clinical clues suggestive of renovascular hypertension such as persistently high blood pressure despite a multiple-drug regimen, it may be reasonable to screen him or her using captopril renography, duplex ultrasonography, or magnetic resonance angiography.
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Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic, USA. vidtd@ccf.org
D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*