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Andrew M. Michelakis, MD, PhD; James W. Woods, MD; Grant W. Liddle, MD; Eugene C. Klatte, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1969;123(4):359-361.

Abstract
Although unilateral renal artery stenosis is usually characterized by a diagnostically useful disparity between the renal vein renin values on the two sides, this disparity can be obscured if the renal vein blood samples are drawn too soon after the patient changes from an upright to a recumbent posture.

Author Affiliations
Nashville, Tenn

From the departments of medicine and radiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.

Footnotes
Received for publication Dec 26, 1968; accepted Jan 9, 1969.

Reprint requests to Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn 37203.

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