Significant association between simple renal cysts and arterial blood pressure

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 688-

  Pedersen, J F ^a,b   Emamian, S A ^a   Nielsen, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Renal cysts; Renal hypertension; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

RENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN RELEASE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031395351     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00139.x     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Glassberg G. Simple Cyst. In Walch PC, Retik AB, Stamey TA, Vaughan ED eds, Campbell's Urology. 6th edn. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1992: 1472-6
2. Luscher TF, Wanner C, Siegenthaler W, Vetter W. Simple renal cyst and hypertension: cause or coincidence? Clin Nephrol 1986; 26: 91-5
3. Pedersen JF, Emamian SA, Nielsen MB. Simple renal cyst: relations to age and arterial blood pressure. Br J Radiol 1993; 66: 581-4
4. Ravine D, Gibson RN, Donlan J, Sheffield LJ. An ultrasound renal cyst prevalence survey: specificity data for inherited renal cystic diseases. Am J Kidney Dis 1993; 22: 803-7
5. Caglioti AC, Esposito C, Fuiano G et al. Prevalence of symptoms in patients with simple renal cysts. Br Med J 1993; 306: 430-1
6. Nami R, Simone G, Capotondo L, Panza F, Cecere P, Gennari. Clinical significance of renal cysts assessed by echography in patients suffering from essential arterial hypertension. Contrib Nephrol 1994; 106: 166-73
7. Levine E, Slusher SL, Grantham JJ, Wetzel LH. Natural history of acquired renal cystic disease in dialysis patients: a prospective longitudinal CT study. Am J Radiol 1991; 156: 501-6
8. Heinz-Peer G, Schoder M, Rand T, Mayer G, Mostbeck GH. Prevalence of acquired cystic kidney disease and tumors in native kidneys of renal transplant patients: a prospective US study. Radiology 1995; 195: 667-71
9. Chapman ABN, Johnson A, Gabow PA, Schrier AW. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. N Engl J Med 1990; 323: 1091-6
10. Amis ES, Cronan JJ, Yoder IC, Pfister RC, Newhouse JH. Renal cysts: curios and caveats. Urol Radiol 1982; 4: 199-209
11. Bjerre P, Lindqvist B, Michaelson G. Pressure measurements in renal cysts. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1971; 27: 135-8