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Diuretic renography and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor renography.
Radiologic Clinics of North America 2001 September
Renovascular hypertension and renal outlet obstruction are two clinical conditions well evaluated by nuclear medicine techniques. They both require a specific intervention to challenge a specific aspect of renal functional reserve. Diuretic renography is the oldest common example in nuclear medicine where functional change in the kidney is provoked for diagnostic purposes. The kidney's tubular functional reserve, in this instance, is challenged to induce diuresis and increase urine flow. This intervention permits diuretic renography to retain an essential role in the evaluation of hydroureteronephrosis. Captopril renography is a more recent example of a similar principle and depends on a reactive renin-angiotensin system to identify a kidney responsible for RVH. In both renal outlet obstruction and RVH, an anatomic abnormality is also identified (hydronephrosis and RAS, respectively) at some point in the diagnostic workup. The final diagnosis in each instance, however, depends on evidence for a functional disorder, provoked and measured during the radionuclide interventional examination. These serve as excellent examples of the power of functional imaging to identify specific medical disorders.
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