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ischemic renal disease

Etiology: - renal hypoperfusion Clinical manifestations: - clinical presentations a) acute renal failure b) progressive azotemia in a patient with known renovascular hypertension* c) unexplained progressive azotemia in an elderly patient with or without refractory hypertension d) hypertension & azotemia in a renal transplant patient * in patients with wth renovasvascular hypertesnion, ischemic renal disease can occur when blood pressure is in the normal range [2,3]

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renal vascular disease ischemia

References

  1. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 1319
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
  3. Abuelo JG. Normotensive ischemic acute renal failure. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 23;357(8):797-805. PMID: 17715412