Upper-Quadrant Bruit Due to Tortuous Splenic Artery

Abstract

THE practical considerations that improvements in available diagnostic technics and in vascular surgery allow the identification and cure of hypertension secondary to renal-artery stenosis demand that physicians be constantly aware of the possibility of this lesion in the evaluation of all hypertensive patients.1 , 2 Although many ingenious procedures for the precise identification of the ischemic kidney have been developed physical examination should retain its important place in the screening of hypertensive patients for renal arterial disease. The presence of a bruit over a kidney has been established as a significant finding in the search for renal-artery stenosis.3 , 4 All hypertensive patients should . . .