Evaluation of renal causes of hypertension.
There are many renal causes of hypertension. Although RAS is the most common, other renal lesions can result in hypertension. Any evaluation of the kidney for hypertension should take all of these potential renal etiologies into consideration.
Hartman
Robert P
RP
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Hartman.Robert@mayo.edu
Kawashima
Akira
A
King
Bernard F
BF
D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*