Renovascular hypertension identified by captopril-induced changes in the renogram

Journal Article · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Hypertension (Dallas); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1161/01.HYP.9.5.451· OSTI ID:6279058

Geyskes, G G; Oei, H Y; Puylaert, C B; Mees, E J

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 /sup 99m/Tc-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid uptake and a delay of /sup 131/I-hippurate excretion, while the /sup 131/I-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.

• Research Organization: Univ, Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• OSTI ID: 6279058
• Journal Information: Hypertension (Dallas); (United States), Vol. 5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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