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Speciality Spotlight
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor, Renal
Disease
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PJG van de Ven, JJ Beutler, R Kaatee, et al (Univ Hosp Utrecht, The Netherlands) Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor-induced Renal Dysfunction in Atherosclerotic Renovascular Disease.
Kidney Int 53: 986-993, 1998.
There was 100% sensitivity and 70% specificity for detection of severe bilateral renovascular disease, with the criterion of 20% or more rise in plasma creatinine upon ACE inhibition.