UNIQUE CAUSE OF RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION - MELORHEOSTOSIS ASSOCIATEDWITH A MALFORMATION OF THE RENAL-ARTERIES

Authors
DEGOEDE E FAGARD R FRIJNS JP
Citation
E. Degoede et al., UNIQUE CAUSE OF RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION - MELORHEOSTOSIS ASSOCIATEDWITH A MALFORMATION OF THE RENAL-ARTERIES, Journal of human hypertension, 10(1), 1996, pp. 57-59
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Journal of human hypertension → ACNP
ISSN journal
09509240
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
57 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-9240(1996)10:1<57:UCORH->2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We describe the case of a 17-year-old patient with melorheostosis and renovascular hypertension, an association that has not been reported b efore. Also the patient's aortic valve insufficiency could be attribut ed to underlying mesenchymal and vascular dysplasia.