Renovascular hypertension.
This article discusses the pathophysiologic features, diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with renovascular hypertension. Timely diagnosis is important as the disease can carry a more serious prognosis than essential hypertension and is less amenable to drug treatment. Renovascular hypertension also carries a greater risk of progression to accelerated or malignant hypertension and may result in irreversible ischemic failure of the affected kidney. Various treatments are available including medical management, angioplasty and/or stenting, and revascularization. Regardless of treatment approach, nursing care is an integral part of the patient's management, especially continuing follow-up of blood pressure.
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Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, Albany Medical College, New York, USA.
D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D012079:Renal Circulation; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors
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