Case 48 -- chronic hypertension

Contributed by Eric Schubert, MD
Published on line in February 1996


PATIENT HISTORY:

Fifty-seven year old female with longstanding hypertension and peripheral vascular disease.

CATHETERIZATION PROCEDURE

RETROPERITONEAL ULTRASOUND FINDINGS

RENIN ASSAY RESULTS:

The following Plasma Renin assay results are from samples taken during the catheterization described above.


Location ng/ml
right renal vein 112.5
left renal vein 21.4
inferior vena cava 20.7

FINAL DIAGNOSIS


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