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Question: Anyone out there been diagnosed with Renovascular Hypertension? Did you have any symptoms? What were they? What treatment did you have to help resolve this issue? I get my Cat Scan test results tomorrow so I'm trying to prepare myself.
Answer: Renovascular hypertension is BP elevation due to partial or complete occlusion of one or more renal arteries or their branches. It is usually asymptomatic unless long-standing. A bruit (a sound or murmur, especially an abnormal one) can be heard over one or both renal arteries in < 50% of patients. Diagnosis is by physical examination and renal imaging with duplex ultrasonography, radionuclide imaging, or magnetic resonance angiography. Angiography is done before definitive treatment with surgery or angioplasty.
Question: Why do they call it 'Surgical Hypertension?"? I read about the disease's four causes - Primary Aldosteronism, Renovascular Disease, Coarcation Aorta and Phaeochromotoma - but not sure why its under 'surgical hypertension' - is it cos it happens post surgery, is surgically correctable or what? (prob a silly question, but looking forward to the answer) thanks
Answer: Those would all be causes of hypertension that could be corrected by surgery. (As opposed to essential hypertension, which requires medication, and has no surgical treatment.)
