Laboratory tests in the evaluation of renal hypertension.
Renal hypertension is better understood now as a result of the development of new laboratory techniques which permit the identification of the surgically curable forms of renovascular and renal parenchymal hypertension. The rationale for and efficacy of these new advances are discussed and a practical approach to the diagnosis of renal hypertension is offered.
D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012504:Saralasin / Q000494:pharmacology
D000804:Angiotensin II; D012083:Renin; D012504:Saralasin