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HEMODYNAMIC AND PLASMA RENlN RESPONSES TO TREATMENT OF A RENAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION
Author(s) -
KERR P. G.,
SHERIDAN W. P.,
KELLY W.,
MYERS K.,
JOHNSTON C. I.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1986.tb01105.x
Subject(s) - medicine , plasma renin activity , nephrectomy , hemodynamics , renal vein , renin–angiotensin system , cardiology , arteriovenous malformation , bilateral nephrectomy , vein , kidney , surgery , blood pressure
We report a case of a right renal arteriovenous malformation with high output cardiac failure and hypertension which was cured by nephrectomy. Hemodynamic findings pre‐and post‐operatively are presented. Plasma renin activity (PRA), both from peripheral venous and renal vein samples, was assessed. The fall in PRA associated with nephrectomy lends support to the suggestion that the renin‐angiotensin system plays a role in the hypertension in these patients.