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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
Radioisotope renography was performed in 21 patients with hypertension and unilateral renal artery stenosis with and without premedication with 25 mg of captopril, and the results were compared with the effect of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty on the blood pressure, assessed 6 weeks after angioplasty. Angioplasty caused a considerable decrease in blood pressure in 15 of the 21 patients. In 12 of these 15 patients, captopril induced changes in the time-activity curves of the affected kidney only, suggesting deterioration of the excretory function of that kidney, while the function of the contralateral kidney remained normal. After angioplasty the asymmetry in the time-activity curves diminished despite identical pretreatment with captopril. Such captopril-induced unilateral impairment of the renal function was not seen in the six patients with unilateral renal artery stenosis whose blood pressure did not change after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty or in 13 patients with hypertension and normal renal arteries. The functional impairment of the affected kidneys was characterized by a decrease of 99mTc-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid uptake and a delay of 131I-hippurate excretion, while the 131I-hippurate uptake remained unaffected. These data are in agreement with a reduced glomerular filtration rate and diuresis during preservation of the renal blood flow, changes that can be expected after converting enzyme inhibition in a kidney with low perfusion and an active, renin-mediated autoregulation of the glomerular filtration rate. These data suggest that functional captopril-induced unilateral changes, shown by split renal function studies with noninvasive gamma camera scintigraphy, can be used as a diagnostic test for renovascular hypertension caused by unilateral renal artery stenosis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0194-911X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
451-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Angioplasty, Balloon, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Captopril, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Hypertension, Renovascular, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Iodine Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Iodohippuric Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Nephrectomy, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Organometallic Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Pentetic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Radioisotope Renography, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Technetium, pubmed-meshheading:2952589-Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Renovascular hypertension identified by captopril-induced changes in the renogram.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study