Digital Subtraction Angiography tor lnvestigation of Renovascular Hypertension

Abstract

Digital Subtraction Angiography is an new method of medical imaging tor investigation of possible renovascular causes of arteriel hypertension. A non-invasive examination, it is less costly than conventional renal arteriography and ı:an be performed in outpatients. Satisfactory images of tha renal arteries were obtained in 80 % of 40 hypertensive patients and the presence of lesions was confirmed in 29 cases.