Why the study?
Does the combination of peripheral and renal venous plasma renin activity predict successful blood pressure reduction after surgery in patients with renovascular lesions?
Population
111 patients with hypertension, including 58 with normal renal arteries and 53 with renal artery lesions.
Comparison
Measurement of peripheral and renal venous… vs Patients with normal peripheral PRA and/or less…
Design
Cohort
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May guide renovascular surgery selection; leaves open prospective validation before changing practice.
Does the combination of peripheral and renal venous plasma renin activity predict successful blood pressure reduction after surgery in patients with renovascular lesions?
Elevated peripheral plasma renin activity combined with a greater than twofold difference in renal venous renin activity strongly predicts successful blood pressure reduction following surgery for renovascular hypertension.
J. Caulie Gunnells (1969) studied this question.
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