Abdominal Murmurs, an Aid in the Diagnosis of Renal Artery Disease in Hypertension
Authors: ROY J. MOSER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 March 1962Abdominal Murmurs, an Aid in the Diagnosis of Renal Artery Disease in HypertensionROY J. MOSER JR., M.D., JOHN R. CALDWELL, M.D.ROY J. MOSER JR., M.D., JOHN R. CALDWELL, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-56-3-471 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAs early as 1925, Fahr suggested that renal ischemia might be a cause of hypertension in patients with diffuse vascular disease (1). Goldblatt later provided experimental evidence of this important concept in renal artery ligation in dogs (2).In recent years, renal artery lesions frequently have been found in patients with hypertension. Some of these cases featured bruits as the only physical finding pointing to the diagnosis of renal artery aneurysm, renal arteriovenous fistula, or renal artery stenosis (3-5).Sokolow emphasized that a bruit over the upper abdominal aorta, renal arteries, or, less importantly, over the femoral arteries is one...References1. FAHR T: In Handbuch der Speziellen Pathologischen Anatomie und Histologie, vol 6, pt. 1, ed. by Henke, F., Lubarsch, O., Springer, Berlin, 1925, p. 438. Google Scholar2. GOLDBLATTLYNCHHANZALSUMMERVILLE HJRFWW: Studies on experimental hypertension. Production of persistent elevation of systolic blood pressure by means of renal ischemia. J. Exp. Med. 59: 347, 1934. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. POUTASSEDUSTAN EFHP: Arteriosclerosis and renal hypertension, indications for aortography in hypertensive patients and results of surgical treatment of obstructive lesions of the renal artery. J. A. M. A. 165: 1521, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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