THE CHOLESTEROL CONTENT OF THE RENAL ARTERIES AND OF THE THORACIC AORTA IN RELATION TO HYPERTENSION AND VASCULAR PATHOLOGY
Authors: Maurice Bruger, Maurice R. Chassin
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 April 1941THE CHOLESTEROL CONTENT OF THE RENAL ARTERIES AND OF THE THORACIC AORTA IN RELATION TO HYPERTENSION AND VASCULAR PATHOLOGYMAURICE BRUGER, M.D., MAURICE R. CHASSIN, M.D.MAURICE BRUGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MAURICE R. CHASSIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-10-1756 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe investigations of Goldblatt1have focused attention on renal ischemia as one of the etiological agents responsible for hypertension. Ample clinical confirmation of this concept has appeared in the recent literature2-15and not a few of the cases cited are counterparts of Goldblatt's experiments on dogs and monkeys. It must be conceded, however, that necropsies on most patients with essential hypertension fail to reveal gross renal ischemia. 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(Proc.), 1940, xix, 787.From the Department of Medicine, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, Columbia University, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPROBLEMS CONCERNING THE DEFINITION AND GRADING OF THE AORTIC ATHEROSCLEROSISCholesterol content of the coronary arteries and blood in acute coronary artery thrombosis 1 April 1941Volume 14, Issue 10Page: 1756-1767KeywordsAortaAutopsyCholesterolHospital medicineHypertensionKidneysRenal arteriesRenal ischemia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...