RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Renovascular hypertension: Balancing the controversies in diagnosis and treatment
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 1135
OP 1147
VO 72
IS 12
A1 Garovic, Vesna D.
A1 Kane, Garvan C.
A1 Schwartz, Gary L.
YR 2005
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/72/12/1135.abstract
AB There is considerable controversy about how to test for renovascular hypertension and, with the development of percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) and stenting, how to treat it. Which noninvasive diagnostic test should be considered, and when is renal angiography called for? Which patients will benefit from conservative medical therapy, and when is PTRA appropriate?