SELECTIVE RENAL ARTERIOGRAPHY IN MEDICAL DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY

Abstract

1. Selective renal arteriography permits visualization of the small intrarenal arteries to a degree approaching that obtained by opaque injection of anatomic specimens. 2. The arteriographic features of benign and malignant hypertensive vascular disease, segmental arterial occlusion, pyelonephritis, hydronephrosis, tuberculosis, polycystic renal disease and unilateral renal vein thrombosis have been described. 3. Emphasis has been placed on small vessel changes rather than main artery lesions in these disease entities. In some patients with occlusive disease of the main renal arteries, the status of the small intrarenal vessels may be of considerable importance.