title: Comprehensive evaluation of patients with suspected renal hypertension using MDCT: from protocol to interpretation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of this article are to, first, describe the reasons for and details of the MDCT protocol for patients with suspected renal hypertension; second, explain the importance of comprehensive evaluation by MDCT in patients with suspected renal hypertension; third, review the image appearances of important conditions that may be encountered in the reader's clinical practice; and, fourth, explain what information should be included in a comprehensive MDCT report for patients with suspected renal hypertension.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MDCT is widely used for renal artery evaluation in patients with resistant hypertension. Because the regions outside the renal arteries might also have diseases that contribute to the symptoms, a comprehensive interpretation including the renal arteries, renal parenchyma, adrenal glands, and scanned abdomen is very important. The scanning parameters should be adjusted according to the patient's body habitus because some patients with suspected renal hypertension are children or young women. In this article, cases with illustrations showing the process from protocol to interpretation are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 160 Sec. 3 Taichung Harbor Road, Taichung 407, Taiwan, ROC. sillyduck.radiology@gmail.com
authors.forename: I-Chen
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Min-Chi
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Lieng
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Pao-Chun
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: I-Tzun
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Wan-Chun
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Clayton Chi-Chang
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media