[Diagnosis and therapy of renovascular hypertension].

BACKGROUND

Renovascular hypertension as a secondary form of hypertension can be improved or cured in many cases by interventional radiology or vascular surgery.

BASIS: The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and the development of hypertension are linked in renovascular hypertension.

CLINICAL APPEARANCE: Early clinical symptoms are of special interest in diagnosing renovascular hypertension.

DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY: Nowadays, angioplasty or stenting have mostly replaced surgery in view of treatment of renovascular hypertension.

CONCLUSION

Renovascular hypertension, if diagnosed early, can be improved or cured in many cases regarding hypertension and/or renal insufficiency.