An analysis of errors found in renal vein sampling for plasma renin activity

Horvath, John S.; Baxter, Claire; Sherbon, K. J.; Smee, I.; Roche, Jean; Uther, John B.; Tiller, David J.

doi:10.1038/ki.1977.19

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“…Among the numer ous causes that may induce unilateral kidney damage, renal tuberculosis is one [9]. Surgical success, if we follow Smith' s [1] criteria, is low, around 30-50% [10,11], Nev ertheless, the measurement of RVRs and the utilization of R VRR as indication of renin secretion by the affected kidney are valuable for both renovascular hypertension and unilateral nephropathy [12], However, RVRR is not without error [13,14] and good surgical results have been reported with no lateralization of central renins [3].…”

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