Why the study?
Does sympathectomy have different outcomes in hypertensive patients with pyelonephritis compared to those without?
Population
120 cases with hypertension whose renal biopsies showed pyelonephritis as well as arteriolar nephrosclerosis
Comparison
Sympathectomy vs Larger hypertensive group without pathologic…
Design
Cohort
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Pyelonephritis-linked differences in sympathectomy outcomes should not yet change practice; hypothesis-generating for phenotyping hypertension response.
Does sympathectomy have different outcomes in hypertensive patients with pyelonephritis compared to those without?
Patients with hypertension and biopsy-proven pyelonephritis have different clinical characteristics and responses to sympathectomy compared to hypertensive patients without pyelonephritis.
Merriam et al. (1958) studied this question.
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