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Article: For Kids With High Blood Pressure, Surgery Can Help When Medicines Fail, U-M Study Shows; Rare But Potentially Fatal Condition Called Pediatric Renovascular Hypertension Can Be Cured or Eased by Surgery to Re-Route Blood Vessels Near the Kidneys.
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- December 28, 2006
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Byline: University of Michigan Health System
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- High blood pressure may seem like something that only adults get, after years of smoking, overeating and little exercise. But children can develop it too - and just as in adults, uncontrolled high blood pressure can pose serious risks to children's hearts, brains and lives.
While medications may help some children with high blood pressure, surgery is the best option for those with renal artery obstructions, causing a rare but especially dangerous form of hypertension. That's the conclusion of a new study published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery by a ...