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Renovascular hypertension arteriography
Introduction
Indications for Arteriographic Imaging to Rule Out Renovascular Hypertension[1]
Indications for Arteriographic Imaging to Rule Out Renovascular Hypertension[1]
Class I
- Hypertension in a patient < 30 yrs old
- Severe increase in blood pressure in a patient > 55 yrs old
- Accelerated increase in BP
- Resistant increase in BP
- Complicated malignant increase in BP
- Reduction in GFR or rise in Cr with RAS blockade
- > 1.5 cm difference in renal size on ultrasound
- Flash pulmonary edema
Class IIa
- Unexplained renal failure
Class IIb
Editor-In-Chief: Template:Renovascular hypertension C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]