Renovascular hypertension: Balancing the controversies in diagnosis and treatment
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 2005 December;72(12):1135-1144, 1146-1147
December 1, 2005|Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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ABSTRACTThere 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?
