Speculations on salt and the genesis of arterial hypertension

Kidney International

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1324-1335

  Titze, Jens ^a   Luft, Friedrich C ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; hypertension; salt; sodium

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE III; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IIIA; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NATRIURESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM BALANCE; SODIUM EXCRETION; SODIUM RETENTION; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL FEEDBACK; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RENAL ELIMINATION; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 85019089539     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.02.034     Document Type: Review

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