Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:Different radiologists may show considerable variation in their interpretation of renal angiograms. We therefore wished to establish the reliability of their interpretation. DESIGN:Assessment of the intra- and inter-observer agreement of the interpretation of renal angiograms. SETTING:Tertiary referral university hospital. PATIENTS:Hypertensive patients suspected of renovascular hypertension on clinical grounds or on the basis of renography. INTERVENTIONS:Patients were prospectively selected to undergo a renal angiography via the femoral approach. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Intra- and inter-observer agreement of the degree and site of stenosis. RESULTS:The difference between two estimates of the degree of stenosis ranged from 0 to 65% for the individual readers and from 0 to 75% between two readers. When the site of greatest stenosis was in the origin of the renal artery, the intra-observer agreement kappa ranged from 0.54-0.71, the inter-observer agreement across multiple readers being 0.43. In a post hoc analysis using two different cut-off points of stenosis (50 or 70%), the intra- and inter-observer agreement was better at the 70% cut-off-point. In a subset of patients with stenosis and a renin ratio greater than 1.5, both the intra- and inter-observer agreement were much better than when all angiograms were considered. CONCLUSIONS:Assessment of the diagnostic performance of three experienced radiologists in their interpretation of renal artery angiograms indicates that the intra- and inter-observer agreement with respect to their estimates of the degree of stenosis and the site of greatest stenosis are rather poor but their diagnostic performance improves in patients with stenosis and a renin ratio greater than 1.5. There is a need for more objective assessment of renal artery lesions.
journal_name
J Hypertensjournal_title
Journal of hypertensionauthors
Schreij G,de Haan MW,Oei TK,Koster D,de Leeuw PWdoi
10.1097/00004872-199917120-00011subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-12-01 00:00:00pages
1737-41issue
12 Pt 1eissn
0263-6352issn
1473-5598journal_volume
17pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate endothelium-dependent vascular function in obstructive sleep apnoea patients. DESIGN AND METHODS:Forearm blood flow and vascular resistance were studied in eight normotensives and eight obstructive sleep apnoea patients and also in eight normotensive and eight hypertensive controls after graded b...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199605000-00006
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The increase in blood pressure that accompanies the obese state is almost invariably associated with alterations in metabolism (insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia) and the neurohumoral profile (activation of the renin-angiotensin system, sympathetic overactivity), which potentiate the cardiovascular risk as...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00004872-200309000-00027
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Reduction of large artery distensibility has several adverse consequences for the cardiovascular system. This paper reviews the evidence obtained by measuring distensibility through quantification of changes in arterial diameter versus blood pressure changes at large elastic and middle size muscle artery sites. Eviden...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00004872-200210000-00001
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Hemodialysis patients have a cardiovascular mortality rate of 20-40 times that of the general population. Aldosterone inhibition by spironolactone has exerted beneficial, prognostically significant cardiovascular effects in patients with heart failure maintained on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Our ai...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835f955c
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and hormonal profile in cardiac hypertrophy resulting from sequentially applied overloads. METHODS:We studied Sprague-Dawley rats with renovascular hypertension (RV), where pressure overload predominates, or deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt (DS), where volume o...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282435b1e
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Systemic and regional haemodynamic effects of renal denervation were evaluated in adult (six-month-old) male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) using the Fick procedure and electromagnetic flowmetry technique. Renal denervation (bilateral, 10% phenol in ethanol), performed five to eight days before the experiment, ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-198312000-00010
更新日期:1983-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The Glu298Asp, T786C and 4a/4b genetic polymorphisms within the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (e-NOS) gene may predispose to hypertension, ischaemic heart disease and renal damage, possibly by reducing the generation of nitric oxide (NO), a fundamental substance in renal and cardiovascular biology. That ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e3281268548
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We assessed hypertension prevalence, blood pressure (BP)-lowering treatment and control in obese adults compared with lean/normal-weight individuals in France. METHODS:Multistage stratified random sample of 2075 adults from the French Nutrition and Health Survey (ENNS), a cross-sectional national survey carr...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283593010
更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The pteridine cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) has emerged as a critical determinant of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity. When BH4 availability is limited, eNOS does not produce nitric oxide (NO) but instead generates superoxide. BH4 may reverse endothelial dysfunction due to cardiovascular...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000173520.13976.7d
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two formulations of felodipine, conventional and extended release (ER) tablets, were compared in a double-blind, crossover study of patients whose blood pressure was not being controlled using metoprolol 100 mg once daily. Nineteen patients with a supine diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 95 mmHg after ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验,评审
doi:10.1097/00004872-198908000-00008
更新日期:1989-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Systolic (SBP), diastolic (DBP) and mean [MBP = diastolic + 1/3 (systolic - diastolic)] blood pressures were compared as predictors of all causes of death (ALL) and of deaths from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD) in 2480 men, aged 40-59 years, belonging to three cohorts followed up for 20 years. Both univ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-198907000-00011
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND METHOD:This study evaluated the effects of a linear block strength training programme on the parameters of cardiac remodelling in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Thirty-nine rats were equally distributed in four groups: normotensive sedentary, normotensive trained, hypertensive sedentary and hypertensiv...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000002188
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Advanced diabetic nephropathy (DN) is characterized by a marked development of cardiovascular and renal disease. These patients are frequently managed by different health professionals with the consequence that the quality of care may differ substantially. To compare the management of cardiovascular risk fac...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000239303.93872.31
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Basal platelet function was measured in 35 40-year-old men with untreated mild essential hypertension and compared with 44 age-matched normotensive men. The groups differed significantly with respect to platelet size in venous blood (hypertensive, 7.46 +/- 0.10 X 10(-15) l versus normotensive, 7.11 +/- 0.09 X 10(-15) ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Elevated large artery stiffness and pulse pressure have emerged as important risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The genders differ in large artery biomechanical properties throughout the lifespan with females displaying higher stiffness than males during the prepubertal years and a dramatic increase after menopa...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e328344da5e
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular diseases represent the most common cause of death in the English-speaking Caribbean, and hypertension represents the most important predisposing condition. However, direct between-country comparative studies in the Caribbean have not previously been undertaken. OBJECTIVE:To obtain estimates o...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent evidence suggests that central aortic blood pressure may be a better predictor of cardiovascular risk than peripheral blood pressure. The central SBP (cSBP) can be estimated from the late systolic shoulder of the radial pulse waveform. We compared the second systolic peak of the radial waveform (pSBP(...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/hjh.0b013e32832e0b58
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors reduce neointimal hyperplasia after balloon denudation, but the mechanisms are not completely understood. It has been demonstrated that nuclear oncogenes are induced in the vascular wall in the hours immediately after injury, and that the same genes are induced ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Predictive value of arterial stiffness in cardiovascular disease has been recognized for many decades. Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), as a noninvasive measurement, has been recommended as a gold standard of arterial stiffness, and we believe that this surrogate of arterial stiffness has been refined to t...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000187
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Studies in genetically hypertensive rats and their normotensive Wistar-Kyoto control rats have revealed a linkage of a chromosomal region containing the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene with blood pressure. This led to the hypothesis that ACE is a possible candidate gene for primary hypertension in hu...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199304000-00003
更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of serum uric acid level with the risk for hypertension and Type 2 diabetes. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Work site in Osaka, Japan. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 6,356 Japanese men, aged 35-60 years with systolic blood pressure < 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure <...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-200107000-00005
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that qualitative microalbuminuria (MAU) screening in a practice setting would identify non-diabetic hypertensive patients at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. DESIGN:We enrolled general practitioners throughout Germany, who obtained histories, physical examinations, and...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199602000-00011
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The relationships between five erythrocyte cation transport systems (Na(+)-K+ pump, Na(+)-K+ cotransport, Na(+)-Li+ countertransport and Na+ and K+ passive permeabilities) and plasma lipids (total plasma cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides) were investigated in 129 male adult subjects w...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199010000-00002
更新日期:1990-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Blood pressure was measured in 864 young people aged 16-24 years, 8 years after both of their parents had their blood pressures measured as part of the screening phase of the Medical Research Council Mild Hypertension Trial. Only 29% of offspring with a conventional 'family history of hypertension', defined in terms o...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:When assessing arterial stiffness, heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) are potential confounders. It appears that the HR/BP dependences of pulse wave velocity (PWV) and distensibility are different, even though both assess arterial stiffness. This study aims to compare aortic PWV as measured using pulse ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000002608
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Cardiovascular risk prediction is deemed fundamental and the assessment of organ damage is emerging as a potentially 'downstream' picture of individual risk. Our aim was to assess the feasibility and value of prediction of coronaropathy [coronary artery disease (CAD)] of integrated cardiovascular ultrasound e...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000543
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:CLINICAL STUDIES:In clinical renal transplantation studies, recipients of a renal graft from a donor with a genetic predisposition to hypertension had higher blood pressures and required more antihypertensive treatment than recipients of a renal graft from a normotensive donor. In addition, blood pressure normalization...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 社论
doi:10.1097/00004872-199309000-00001
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The catalytic alpha and smaller beta subunits of the plasma membrane Na,K-ATPase occur in various molecular forms (alpha1, alpha2, alpha3, beta1 and beta2). The alpha isoforms of the enzyme have varying affinities for ouabain and exist in different tissues with particular distribution patterns. OBJECTIVE:To...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199816020-00003
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to examine the reproducibility of arterial baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) provided by the spontaneous baroreflex method at rest and during laboratory tests. METHODS:Twenty healthy volunteers were studied 24 h apart, in the same laboratory and under the same environmental condit...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199609000-00009
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Arterial aging is associated with a progressive increase in aortic stiffening, which results in a rise in central aortic pressures. Traditionally, blood pressure (BP)-lowering therapy has been directed at brachial rather than central pressures. However, a key contemporary question is whether this strategy is optimal i...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e328353e523
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00