title: The captopril glomerular filtration rate renogram in renovascular hypertension.
abstract: Administration of captopril to animals with two-kidney, one clip, renovascular hypertension (RH) lowers the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in the clipped kidney. The authors therefore tested the hypothesis that a decrease in GFR after captopril administration would identify patients with RH. Total GFR was measured by the plasma disappearance of Tc-99m-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) after bolus injection and single-kidney GFR from renal uptake of DTPA assessed by renography. The authors studied six patients with arteriosclerotic RH who had strongly lateralizing renal vein renin levels and greater than 80% stenosis of the renal artery to that kidney. Results were contrasted with those of six patients with essential hypertension (EH) with a similar mean arterial blood pressure (MABP). Captopril (50 mg orally) increased total GFR (ml/min) in all patients with EH (102 +/- 8 to 120 +/- 12, P less than 0.005). However, GFR decreased in patients with RH (73 +/- 8 to 61 +/- 9, P less than 0.05) after captopril. Although the single-kidney GFR of patients with RH decreased in all six stenotic kidneys (27 +/- 4 to 21 +/- 5, P less than 0.02), it did not change consistently in the contralateral kidneys (45 +/- 8 to 40 +/- 6, N.S.). Clonidine (0.3 mg) also lowered MABP in patients with RH but, unlike captopril, it did not reduce total kidney GFR (75 +/- 10 to 79 +/- 11, N.S.). In conclusion, short-term captopril administration increases GFR in patients with EH, but decreases it in those with RH. This action is unrelated to its depressor response.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Frederickson
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Wingo
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000803:Angiotensin I / Q000097:blood; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood; D003000:Clonidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000097:blood; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000097:blood; D011866:Radioisotope Renography; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D000803:Angiotensin I; D002216:Captopril; D012083:Renin; D003000:Clonidine; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate