Usefulness of PET/CT with Carbon-11-Labeled Methionine in the Diagnosis of Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism.

: Tertiary hyperparathyroidism (tHP) may develop in patients treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Parathyroidectomy may result in a significant reduction in the severity of symptoms. For the effective surgical treatment of hyperparathyroidism, proper localization of the parathyroid glands prior to surgery is essential.

Renal autoregulation in medical therapy of renovascular hypertension.

Introduction: Renovascular hypertension (RVH) is caused by renal ischaemia associated with haemodynamically significant renal artery stenosis (RAS). The choice of optimal treatment of atherosclerotic RAS is still controversial. Increase in the renal resistive index (RI) value after captopril administration is considered to indicate preserved renal autoregulation.

Renal vascular response to angiotensin II inhibition in intensive antihypertensive treatment of essential hypertension.

Introduction: High blood pressure (BP) leads to target organ damage. It is suggested that regression of early organ lesions is possible on condition of BP normalization. The study objective was to assess whether permanent reduction of BP to the recommended values modifies renal vascular response to acute angiotensin II inhibition in the Doppler captopril test (DCT) in patients with essential hypertension (EH).

Peritoneal dialysis as a therapeutic approach in congestive heart failure resistant to pharmacological treatment: case report.

This report describes the use of continuous peritoneal dialysis (PD) as an alternative to hemodialysis (HD) in a patient with type 2 cardiorenal syndrome in the course of congestive heart failure resistant to standard pharmacological treatment. A 39-year-old man presented with a 24-year history of progressive heart failure. Ineligibility for heart transplant and previous inefficient treatment with different modifications of HD reduced his treatment options to PD.

Atypical clinical presentation of Churg-Strauss syndrome with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: case report.

The case of a 48-year-old man presented in this paper illustrates an atypical clinical course of Churg-Strauss syndrome with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis with no signs of bronchial asthma.