title: [Origin and course of renal arteries. A CT study for determining optimal projection plane in renal artery angiography].
abstract: In an attempt to optimize renal artery angiography we performed a CT-study. In 500 patients we determined the angle at which the arteries arise from the aorta and their course. Both renal arteries are in one plane, which is tilted 13 degrees ventrally on the right and 13 degrees dorsally on the left. More distally we found an angle of 35 degrees on the right and an angle of 29 degrees on the left in the dorsal direction. These findings were independent of age and sex of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum der Radiologie, Klinikum der JWG Universität Frankfurt.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lörcher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liermann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Abgang und Verlauf der Nierenarterien. Eine CT-Studie zur Bestimmung einer optimalen Projektionsrichtung bei der Nierenarterienangiographie.