Arterial hypertension and neurovascular compression of the rostral ventrolateral medulla oblongata

Abstract

To evaluate the role of ventrolateral medullary compression by adjacent vascular structures as a cause of arterial hypertension we plan a blinded prospective study using a combination of 2D magnetic resonance imaging and MR angiography.

Keywords

• arterial hypertension
• medulla oblongata
• rostral ventrolateral medulla
• neurovascular compression
• magnetic resonance
• neurovascular decompresion