Atherosclerotic renovascular disease (ARVD) seems to be a common clinical condition. ARVD is clinically presented as: 'silent' renal artery stenosis, renovascular hypertension, ischemic nephropathy leading to deterioration of renal function and recurrent 'flash' pulmonary edema. Management of ARVD involves both revascularization and medical treatment. However, the impact of revascularization on...

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Hypertension affects about 65 million individuals in the United States. In adult patients, primary aldosteronism and renovascular causes are described as most prevalent. Vesicoureteral reflux as a cause of hypertension, while commonly described in pediatric populations, is less prevalent in the adult population especially in the absence of proteinuria. We present the case of a 31-year-old femal...

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