Imaging of renin-mediated hypertension in children

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2013 Jun;200(6):W661-72. doi: 10.2214/AJR.12.9427.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this article is to review the imaging findings of common and uncommon causes of renin-mediated hypertension in children using a multimodality radiologic approach.

Conclusion: Pediatric hypertension, although uncommon, is often due to aortic or renal artery narrowing. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis and characterization of pediatric renin-mediated causes of hypertension.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / diagnosis*
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / physiopathology*
  • Renin-Angiotensin System / physiology*