AI Article Synopsis
- Fibromuscular dysplasia is a rare vascular disease mainly affecting young women, leading to nonatherosclerotic narrowing of renal arteries and resulting in secondary hypertension.
- Noninvasive tests are often unreliable for detecting renal artery stenosis, with renal angiography being the most effective diagnostic tool.
- The preferred treatment is percutaneous renal artery angioplasty, but delayed diagnosis may prevent blood pressure normalization, and ongoing monitoring is essential due to the possibility of stenosis recurrence.*
Article Abstract
Fibromuscular dysplasia is a rare noninflammatory vascular disease characterized by nonatheroslerotic stenosis predominantly seen in young women, whereas the majority of cases involve the renal arteries causing secondary hypertension. Most noninvasive screening tests are not quite sensitive or reproducible to rule out renal artery stenosis, but renal angiography usually confirms the diagnosis. Percutaneous renal artery angioplasty is the treatment of choice; however, it may not result in normalization of blood pressure if diagnosis is delayed. Continued follow-up is necessary since stenosis reoccurs.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8031778 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12650 | DOI Listing |
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