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.
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.
Morton
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Nuclear Medicine and Medicine Services, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148.
Rose
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SC
Haakenstad
A O
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Handy
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JE
Scuderi
A J
AJ
Datz
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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
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D006626:Hippurates; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D002216:Captopril; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate