Management of severe hypertension in a child with tuberous sclerosis-related major vascular abnormalities

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 597-599

  Wong, Hubert ^a   Hadi, Mohammed ^a   Khoury, Tony ^b   Geary, Denis ^b   Rubin, Barry ^c   Filler, Guido ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Hypertension; Renal autotransplantation; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CLONIDINE; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; METOPROLOL; MINOXIDIL; PRAZOSIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RESTENOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 32944464946     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000209994.33680.11     Document Type: Article

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