title: Effect of captopril on 99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid renograms in two-kidney, one clip hypertension.
abstract: In an effort to improve on the noninvasive detection of renal artery stenosis, we investigated the effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on computer-assisted 99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) renal flow studies in a canine model of two-kidney, one clip hypertension and compared these findings with clearances of inulin and p-aminohippuric acid in the stenotic and contralateral kidney before and after converting enzyme inhibition. The 99mTc-DTPA renal flow study with the converting enzyme inhibitor captopril (1.5 mg/kg bolus with 1.5 mg/min infusion) showed an increased sensitivity in the detection of unilateral renal artery stenosis over the use of the 99mTc-DTPA study alone. Captopril induced striking alterations that were most evident in the 15-minute 99mTc-DTPA renal flow study, in which all nine curves exhibited severely blunted uptake and excretion of the radionuclide. These changes were reversed during a recovery study without converting enzyme inhibition and were not seen when blood pressure was lowered with nitroprusside to a level similar to that observed during converting enzyme inhibition. The changes shown by the 99mTc-DTPA study during converting enzyme inhibition correlated with a decrease in the glomerular filtration rate of the stenotic kidney. Captopril infusion significantly decreased the glomerular filtration rate of the stenotic kidney (16.0 +/- 3.1 vs 11.0 +/- 2.5 mg/min, p less than 0.03) but not of the contralateral kidney (32.4 +/- 2.6 vs 28.4 +/- 2.8 mg/min).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D013667:Technetium; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D002216:Captopril; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate