Hyperreninemic hypertension in an infant secondary to pelviureteric obstruction treated successfully by surgery

Hypertonie bei einseitigen Nierenparenchymkrankheiten: Ätiologie, Renin und chirurgischer Behandlungserfolg

“…Eine Besserung lag vor, wenn postoperativ die Blutdruckwerte deutlich niedriger, jedoch nicht normalisiert waren oder die antihypertensive Medikation deutlich vereinfacht werden konnte. Plasmanatrium und -kalium wurden mittels Flammenphotometer gemessen, -kreatinin mittels Autoanalyzer, Blutvolumen und austauchbares Körpernatrium durch Isotopenverdünnungsmethoden mit 125 I-Human -Serumalbumin oder 24 Na. (166).…”

Hypertension in Unilateral Atrophic Kidney Secondary to Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction

“…Unilateral hydronephrosis with or without atrophy is well documented as a cause of hypertension [3,4], There have been many reports in the literature of hypertension associated with hydronephrosis due to ureteropelvic junc tion obstruction [5][6][7], Light-and electron-microscopic studies of the resected kidney from a patient with hypertension caused by unilater al hydronephrosis have been reported and hypergranula tion in the JG cells pointed out [8]. In our immunohisto chemical study, renin was intensely localized in the afferent arterioles of the JG apparatus and in arterioles at some distance from the glomeruli.…”

Sodium loss as leading symptom of renovascular hypertension in the newborn

“…Several authors reported weight losses, polyuria and hyponatremia as symptoms of hypertension in childhood (Bergstein et al [2], Carella and Silber [4], Gill et al [5], Mitchell et al [7], Plumer et al [10]). But these symptoms were not associated with the pathophysiology of high pressure diuresis.…”