RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Unusual case of refractory hypertension: late presentation of the mid-aortic syndrome
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP e3
OP e3
DO 10.1136/heart.87.2.e3
VO 87
IS 2
A1 Kumar, S
A1 Bury, R W
A1 Roberts, D H
YR 2002
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/87/2/e3.abstract
AB A 58 year old patient with refractory hypertension, chronic renal failure, and widespread arterial bruits is described. Investigations found hypoplasia of the major blood vessels, particularly the aorta, leading to low flow nephropathy.