title: Diagnostic use of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibited renal scintigraphy in the identification of selective renal artery stenosis in the presence of multiple renal arteries: a case report.
abstract: In patients with renovascular hypertension, it is unknown whether the angiotensin converting enzyme-(ACE) inhibited renal scan will identify stenosis of a segmental branch of a single renal artery or of an accessory artery where multiple renal arteries are present. Since multiple renal arteries may be present in approximately 25% of all individuals, it will be important to establish whether the ACE-inhibited renal scan is useful in this population. We report a case of stenosis involving a renal artery in a patient with multiple renal arteries, successfully identified by ACE-inhibited renal scintigraphy.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine and Medicine Services, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Haakenstad
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Handy
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Scuderi
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Datz
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D002216:Captopril; D005260:Female; D006626:Hippurates; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D006626:Hippurates; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D002216:Captopril; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate