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Radiology, Vol 176, 365-370, Copyright © 1990 by Radiological Society of North America

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Patients at high risk for renal artery stenosis: a simple method of renal scintigraphic analysis with Tc-99m DTPA and captopril

CC Chen, PB Hoffer, G Vahjen, A Gottschalk, K Koster, IG Zubal, JF Setaro, DA Roer and HR Black
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.

Fifty patients with suspected renal artery stenosis (RAS) were studied with renal scintigraphy before and after administration of captopril. Twenty-three patients had RAS (greater than or equal to 75% RAS or greater than or equal to 50% RAS with poststenotic dilatation) and 27 had normal renal arteries at angiography. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors were discontinued 24 hours prior to renal scintigraphy; all other medications were continued. Each patient was evaluated with a simplified captopril renal scintigraphic protocol: renal imaging after administration of 12 mCi (444 MBq) of technetium-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), a 3-hour wait, oral administration of 50 mg of captopril, a 1-hour wait, and another scintigram obtained after administration of 12 mCi (444 MBq) of Tc-99m DTPA. Times of peak renal activity (Tmax) were determined from renal time-activity curves, and glomerular filtration rates (GFRs) were calculated with the Gates technique. A Tmax greater than or equal to 11 minutes after injection or a GFR ratio (larger GFR/smaller GFR) greater than 1.5 enabled detection of RAS with 91% sensitivity, 93% specificity, and 92% accuracy. Renal scintigraphy without captopril had only 43%-68% sensitivity in detecting RAS, depending on the criteria used.


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