Update on imaging for suspected renovascular hypertension in children and adolescents

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 591-595

  Marks, Stephen D ^a   Tullus, Kjell ^a  

^a Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Computed tomography angiography; CTA; Digital subtraction angiography; Doppler ultrasonography; Hypertension; Imaging; Isotope scintigraphy; Magnetic resonance angiography .MRA; Pediatrics; Renovascular disease; Renovascular hypertension; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RENAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84870538357     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-012-0308-1     Document Type: Article

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