[The role of digital subtraction angiography in the diagnosis of renal artery injury].

In 3806 patients with vasorenal hypertension the results of kidney angiographic investigation were analyzed. In order to study the efficacy of application of intravenous digital substructional angiography (DSA), the data, obtained in 1621 patients using this method, were compared with such in general group of patients. Informativeness of DSA had constituted 88.9%. Accompanying chronic disease of intestine, excessive body mass, nephrosclerosis are complicating interpretation of obtained results in 10.1% of observations. Possible conduction of ambulatory investigations, decrease traumaticity, invasiveness, duration of procedure, shortening of financial expense constitute the main advantages of DSA. Application of method is recommended in all patients with vasorenal hypertension in ambulatory environment.