ACE inhibitors in the diagnosis of renovascular hypertension

Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 1992 Jan 15;27(1):117-21, 124-6. doi: 10.1080/21548331.1992.11705346.

Abstract

Effective therapy is available but the diagnosis of renovascular hypertension is often elusive. Those affected constitute a minority of the hypertensive population, and traditional screening tests have poor sensitivity and specificity. The merits and limitations of the captopril challenge test and the captopril renogram, alone or in combination, are discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Captopril* / pharmacology
  • Decision Trees
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / diagnosis*
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / physiopathology
  • Hypertension, Renovascular / prevention & control
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Mass Screening / standards
  • Radioisotope Renography / standards
  • Renin / blood
  • Renin / drug effects
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate

Substances

  • Captopril
  • Renin
  • Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate