title: Evaluation of renal causes of hypertension.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Hartman.Robert@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Bernard F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*