Effective Renal Blood Flow in the Separate Kidneys of Subjects With Essential Hypertension 1

Unilateral renal disease in man has been widely accepted as a primary cause of arterial hypertension.The assumption is made that there has been obstruction to the blood flow in the diseased kidney and that the resulting ischemic renal tissue is directly responsible for the ab- normal elevation of the blood pressure.If such were the case, it seemed to us that it could be demonstrated by the examination of the separate kidneys, and this report concerns the application of the clearance methods to this problem.