Renin profiling in hypertension and its use in treatment with propranolol and chlorthalidone
Autor: | James W. Woods, Werk Ee, Pittman Aw, Allen Ca, Pulliam Cc, Waider W |
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Rok vydání: | 1976 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Posture Black People Blood Pressure Propranolol Essential hypertension Plasma renin activity White People Sex Factors Internal medicine Renin–angiotensin system Renin Medicine Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Clinical Trials as Topic business.industry Sodium Age Factors Chlorthalidone General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Crossover study Endocrinology Blood pressure Hypertension Cardiology Female business medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | The New England journal of medicine. 294(21) |
ISSN: | 0028-4793 |
Popis: | We compared methods of classifying hypertension according to plasma renin activity in 54 patients with essential hypertension and examined the validity of using these classifications to choose between two hypotensive drugs. A prospective, doubleblind crossover study was used. Normal values for plasma renin activity were established from 111 control subjects. Plasma renin activity was related to race and inversely to age in hypertensive patients (P |
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