A Case of Renal Artery Stenosis in a Child Confirmed by Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Hyung Joong Kim • Jae Sung Son • Kyo Sun Kim
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Renovascular hypertension is an uncommon disease, but it causes 5–10% of all childhood hypertension. The most common cause of renal artery stenosis is fibromuscular dysplasia, resulting in at least 60% of renovascular hypertension cases. This report describes a case of a renal artery stenosis confirmed by multidetector computed tomographic angiography.
Pediatr Cardiol (2011) 32:702–703 DOI 10.1007/s00246-011-9944-5 Received: 14 September 2010 / Accepted: 14 February 2011 / Published online: 12 March 2011
