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An Experience in Diagnosis and Treatment

A. G. HOCKEN, MB, BS

Arch Intern Med. 1966;117(3):364-372.

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THE DEVELOPMENT of hypertension as a result of renal arterial lesions is well established in animals and man.^1,2 Tests to discover lesions and operative techniques to treat them have been established and documented,^3-8 but results of cure or substantial improvement in the patients' cardiovascular disease vary considerably in published series.^1,4,9,10 There is a more critical diagnostic approach today¹¹ and operation is less readily undertaken for hypertension.^10,12

The purpose of this paper is to present the experiences of one hospital group in studying the patients suspected of having renovascular hypertension (RVH) and to report the conclusions drawn from these studies.

Materials and Methods

The Patients.

—This report concerns patients with hypertension who were seen initially from February 1962 to December 1964, inclusive, although follow-up has been extended beyond this time to effect more complete study.

The population examined was highly selected prior to study insofar as investigations were undertaken only on . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Medicine, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital and the University of Illinois College of Medicine; Research Fellow, Renal and Nutrition Unit. Dr. Hocken is presently at the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, England.

Footnotes
Received for publication Aug 18, 1965; accepted Nov 22.

Reprint requests to University Department of Medicine, The Royal Infirmary, Manchester 13, England.

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