Coronary Artery Disease USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 29 year old woman has recurrent headaches and newly diagnosed severe hypertension. She has no history of diabetes. An abdominal bruit is heard on examination. Serum creatinine rises after initiation of an ACE inhibitor. Renal angiography shows a string of beads appearance in the right renal artery. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer choices
- ATakayasu arteritis
- BFibromuscular dysplasiaCorrect answer
- CRenal vein thrombosis
- DPolyarteritis nodosa
- EAtherosclerotic renal artery stenosis
- FRenovascular hypertension secondary to renal artery dissection
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