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Digital Subtraction Angiography of the Kidney
Author(s) -
GATTONI F.,
AVOGADRO ANDREA,
BALDINI U.,
POZZATO C.,
BONFANTI MARIA T.,
GANDINI DANIELA,
FRANCH L.,
USLENGHI C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1988.tb04321.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renovascular hypertension , digital subtraction angiography , radiology , angiography , percutaneous , renal artery , renal pelvis , kidney , pelvis , blood pressure
Summary— Intravenous and intra‐arterial digital subtraction angiography (DSA) was performed in 88 patients: 34 with tumours, 10 with renal trauma, 26 with suspected renovascular hypertension, 6 with vascular impression on the renal pelvis, 8 with nephrolithiasis and 4 with sonographically abnormal kidneys. Venous and arterial DSA always gave diagnostically useful images. Intravenous DSA is valuable in patients with suspected renovascular hypertension or after vascular surgery, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and transcatheter embolisation. Arterial DSA is preferable to venous DSA in other clinical situations, particularly in the evaluation of renal tumours, and may be recommended in preference to conventional angiography.