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1 From the Departments of Radiology of the Hospital of Saint Raphael and the Departments of Radiology of the Yale University School of Medicine
2 From the Departments of Radiology of the Hospital of Saint Raphael
1. The authors have presented a review of the currently accepted hypothesis of the etiology of renal vascular hypertension, and the pathophysiologic characteristics of the involved kidney.
2. Figure 18 shows a logical plan for studying the patient suspected of having renal vascular hypertension.
3. A modified technique of intravenous pyelography, the role of isotopic renography, angiography, renal split-function tests, bioassay of pressor substances and renal biopsy in this connection are discussed.
4. The advantages, disadvantages and problems involved in various types of renal angiography are considered.
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