title: Determination of plasma renin activity in renal veins of kidney graft recipients.
abstract: Renal vein plasma renin activity (PRA) was examined in 10 cadaver kidney recipients with graft artery stenosis detected by angiography in 8 of them. A significantly higher PRA in the graft versus the autologous renal veins occurred only in 1 patient: 4 patients showed significantly higher PRA values in autologous renal veins and 4 showed only insignificant differences. In 1 patient PRA could be determined only in the graft vein. Bilateral autologous nephrectomy was performed in 2 patients. The effect of surgery on hypertension agreed with the results of PRA determination. Renal Vein PRA is a valuable criterion in the indication for surgery. In some patients its determination does not help to decide whether the causative factor of hypertension is the graft or autologous kidneys.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000378:metabolism; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D012083:Renin