Detection of Segmental Renal Ischemia by Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Clinical Utility for Diagnosis of Renovascular Hypertension

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2016 Apr;18(4):364-5. doi: 10.1111/jch.12675. Epub 2015 Sep 11.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
² Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
³ Division of Medical Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Sendai, Japan.

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Renovascular / diagnosis*
Hypertension, Renovascular / etiology
Hypertension, Renovascular / physiopathology
Ischemia / complications
Ischemia / diagnosis*
Kidney / blood supply*
Renal Artery / diagnostic imaging*