Key result
Renal venous renin levels >4.1 ng/ml and >2 times the opposite kidney predicted surgical improvement in renal hypertension with 0 false positives and 2 false negatives among 19 operated patients.
Why the study?
Does renal venous renin determination predict surgical success in patients with surgically correctable hypertension?
Population
65 subjects
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Renal venous renin ratios may aid surgical candidate selection in renal hypertension; leaves open prospective validation in larger cohorts.
Observational (n=65)
Does renal venous renin determination predict surgical success in patients with surgically correctable hypertension?
Renal venous renin determination is a useful diagnostic tool for predicting surgical success in patients with renal artery and renal parenchymal hypertension.
Annette Fitz (1967) conducted an observational in Hypertension (n=65). Renal venous renin determination vs. Normal subjects and patients with essential hypertension was evaluated on Diagnostic accuracy for surgically correctable hypertension. Renal venous renin levels >4.1 ng/ml and >2 times the opposite kidney predicted surgical improvement in renal hypertension with 0 false positives and 2 false negatives among 19 operated patients.
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