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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2006) 3, 329-338
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0556  
Received 21 July 2005 | Accepted 15 February 2006

Technology Insight: clinical role of magnetic resonance angiography in the diagnosis and management of renal artery stenosis

Santo Dellegrottaglie, Javier Sanz and Sanjay Rajagopalan*

Correspondence *The Zena and Michael A Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and The Marie-Josée and Henry R Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Box 1030, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA

Email sanjay.rajagopalan@mssm.edu

Improvement is still needed in the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis, which is the most common treatable cause of secondary hypertension. An accurate functional and morphological characterization of the disease might assist in management of patients. The value of magnetic resonance angiography in this setting is discussed.

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