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renal artery stenosis


  • atherosclerosis
    • elderly males with risk factors (HTN, DM, smoking)
    • ostial - proximal

  • fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)
    • females (5:1), youung to middle-aged
    • mid - distal

  • neurofibromatosis
    • kids (rare)
    • ostial - proximal

  • congenital
  • post-irradiation
  • graft stenosis

affected kidney secretes renin ==> increased angiotensin
see: captopril renal scan


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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