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Published in: Pediatric Radiology 3/2021

01-03-2021 | Renal Artery Stenosis | Commentary

Computed tomography angiography for renal artery stenosis in children: a flip flop isn’t always bad

Author: James S. Donaldson

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 3/2021

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In this issue of Pediatric Radiology, Orman et al. [1] present their experience with Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) for renal artery stenosis in children. I commend the authors for evaluating CTA and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and helping clarify the indications for each. There has long been suspicion that CTA is not adequate as a screening or diagnostic tool. The authors have shown that CTA had a sensitivity of 90.0% and specificity of 89.7% for the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis (RAS). They added that CTA diagnosed all cases of main renal artery stenosis — an important point. The lesions that were missed were in smaller intra-renal vessels. …
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Title
Computed tomography angiography for renal artery stenosis in children: a flip flop isn’t always bad
Author
James S. Donaldson
Publication date
01-03-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-020-04873-0

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