Renal Pressor Substances in the Diagnosis of Hypertension
Authors: PATRICK J. MULROW
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Editorials1 November 1964Renal Pressor Substances in the Diagnosis of HypertensionPATRICK J. MULROW, M.D.PATRICK J. MULROW, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-61-5-977 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThirty years ago, Goldblatt, Lynch, Hanzal, and Summerville (1) produced hypertension in animals by partial occlusion of one or both renal arteries. Isolated reports of patients cured of hypertension by removal of one diseased kidney soon followed. Unfortunately, the results of nephrectomy were too often disappointing and unpredictable. Improvement of angiographic techniques and introduction of the split renal function test improved the selection of patients who responded favorably to surgery. These patients usually had renal vascular lesions. 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