This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Request Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by PERERA, G. A. Articles by HAELIG, A. W. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by PERERA, G. A. Articles by HAELIG, A. W.

(Circulation. 1952;6:549.)
© 1952 American Heart Association, Inc.

---

Clinical Characteristics of Hypertension Associated with Unilateral Renal Disease

GEORGE A. PERERA M.D.¹ ARTHUR W. HAELIG ¹

¹ From the Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York.

A comparison has been made of 20 patients with unilateral renal disease, apparently cured of their hypertension by nephrectomy, and of another group of 20 who showed persistence of elevated blood pressure readings after surgery. Evidence is presented that unilateral renal disease, when it is responsible for hypertension, produces an acute, severe and accelerated process different in many respects from the usual picture of essential hypertension or of chronic bilateral renal disorders. The diagnostic value and the possible bearing of this observation on the mechanisms of renal hypertension are discussed.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				P. Stefanini, P. Fiorani, F. Benedetti-Valentini JR., U. Mercati, and G.R. Pistolese Diagnosis and Treatment of Renovascular Hypertension Angiology, December 1, 1964; 15(12): 524 - 538. [PDF]

				Q. B. DEMING ASSOCIATION OF POLYURIA AND ALBUMINURIA WITH HYPERTENSION OF UNILATERAL RENAL ORIGIN Arch Intern Med, February 1, 1954; 93(2): 197 - 204. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. PERLMUTTER and H. B. HERMANN APPARENT TWO-YEAR CURE OF NEPHROGENIC HYPERTENSION Arch Intern Med, June 1, 1953; 91(6): 808 - 811. [Abstract] [PDF]