[Value of multidetector-row computed tomography for infantile renovascular hypertension: report of two cases].
The work-up of renovascular hypertension (10% of children hypertension cases) benefits from multiple imaging modalities. These two cases show the difficulties encountered with infant and underscore "the major role" of the computed tomography angiography within for diagnosis and management. Indeed CTA allows reproducible studies of abdominal vessels at the expense of radiation exposure.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*