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I was wondering is a renal ultrasound when being diagnosed with high blood pressure common?
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Renal artery: stenosis can be a cause of hypertension. This is called renovascular hypertension. Sometimes a renal ultrasound with renal artery Doppler is performed to screen for this.
Answered 7/25/2014
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