Comprehensive Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Renal Hypertension Using MDCT: From Protocol to Interpretation Export

@article{citeulike:4498813, abstract = {OBJECTIVE. The objectives of this article are to, first, describe the reasons for and details of the MDCT protocol for patients with suspected renal hypertension; second, explain the importance of comprehensive evaluation by MDCT in patients with suspected renal hypertension; third, review the image appearances of important conditions that may be encountered in the reader's clinical practice; and, fourth, explain what information should be included in a comprehensive MDCT report for patients with suspected renal hypertension. CONCLUSION. MDCT is widely used for renal artery evaluation in patients with resistant hypertension. Because the regions outside the renal arteries might also have diseases that contribute to the symptoms, a comprehensive interpretation including the renal arteries, renal parenchyma, adrenal glands, and scanned abdomen is very important. The scanning parameters should be adjusted according to the patient's body habitus because some patients with suspected renal hypertension are children or young women. In this article, cases with illustrations showing the process from protocol to interpretation are provided. 10.2214/AJR.08.1355}, author = {Tsai, I-Chen and Chen, Min-Chi and Lee, Wen-Lieng and Lin, Pao-Chun and Tsai, I-Tzun and Liao, Wan-Chun and Chen, Clayton C.}, citeulike-article-id = {4498813}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2214/AJR.08.1355}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/5/W245}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19380531}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19380531}, day = {1}, doi = {10.2214/AJR.08.1355}, journal = {Am. J. Roentgenol.}, keywords = {artery, ct, hypertension, renal, renovascular, stenosis}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {W245--254}, posted-at = {2009-05-10 01:21:21}, priority = {2}, title = {Comprehensive Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Renal Hypertension Using MDCT: From Protocol to Interpretation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2214/AJR.08.1355}, volume = {192}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4498813 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4498813 N2 - OBJECTIVE. The objectives of this article are to, first, describe the reasons for and details of the MDCT protocol for patients with suspected renal hypertension; second, explain the importance of comprehensive evaluation by MDCT in patients with suspected renal hypertension; third, review the image appearances of important conditions that may be encountered in the reader's clinical practice; and, fourth, explain what information should be included in a comprehensive MDCT report for patients with suspected renal hypertension. CONCLUSION. MDCT is widely used for renal artery evaluation in patients with resistant hypertension. Because the regions outside the renal arteries might also have diseases that contribute to the symptoms, a comprehensive interpretation including the renal arteries, renal parenchyma, adrenal glands, and scanned abdomen is very important. The scanning parameters should be adjusted according to the patient's body habitus because some patients with suspected renal hypertension are children or young women. In this article, cases with illustrations showing the process from protocol to interpretation are provided. 10.2214/AJR.08.1355 IS - 5 JF - Am. J. Roentgenol. EP - 254 TI - Comprehensive Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Renal Hypertension Using MDCT: From Protocol to Interpretation VL - 192 SP - W245 KW - artery KW - ct KW - hypertension KW - renal KW - renovascular KW - stenosis AU - Tsai, I-Chen AU - Chen, Min-Chi AU - Lee, Wen-Lieng AU - Lin, Pao-Chun AU - Tsai, I-Tzun AU - Liao, Wan-Chun AU - Chen, Clayton PY - 2009/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2214/AJR.08.1355 ER -