Renal artery digital-subtraction angiography. An outpatient investigation for XXXX .

@entity1 @entity8 @entity455 @entity101 @entity2792 @entity916
The adequacy and convenience of the digital-subtraction angiographic procedure by means of a Diasonics DF100 as an investigation in @entity455 were assessed over a nine-month period in 82 sequential renal artery studies, of which 76 were carried out in @entity1 referred for the investigation of @entity101 . Contrast medium was injected as a bolus by way of a centrally placed venous catheter, or a small (5 French size or smaller) arterial catheter. @entity1 tolerated the procedure well, and were fully mobile within 10 minutes to one hour (venous injection) and within two hours (arterial injection) after the procedure. Of the 82 studies, nine were judged as inadequate. All technical failures occurred with the venous injection technique. Of the 76 @entity1 with @entity101 , the main renal artery was judged as normal in 61. @entity8 were demonstrated in 15 studies (13 @entity1 ). Renal vein @entity916 studies, and the clinical or postoperative course supported the diagnosis of @entity2792 in 11 of these. @entity8 is a useful investigation in suspected @entity2792 . Its major advantage over conventional angiography is that it can be performed on an outpatient basis.
