[Vasorenal hypertension in children and adolescents]

From among child-patients examined by the authors 41 were found to suffer from hypertension of vaso-renal genesis (58.5%). Major diagnostic tests were: functional intravenous urography, radioisotope renography, scintigraphy, angiography of the kidneys and also determination of the renin activity in the venous renal blood. The sole effective method of treating patients with vaso-renal hypertension is surgery.