Can essential hypertension be subclassified with respect to mechanism?
Hypertension may result from a variety of abnormalities. The rise in blood pressure may trigger other secondary events that further influence cardiovascular homeostasis. The ability to measure some markers associated with hypertension or the responsiveness of blood pressure to nutritional interventions or to specific therapeutic agents may also have pathogenetic implications. The ultimate goal of further knowledge in this area should be to understand the fundamental abnormalities responsible for hypertension. Such insight would permit more effective treatment and, perhaps, primary prevention of this ubiquitous and multifaceted disorder.
Weinberger
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Hypertension Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5111.
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D012083:Renin; D011188:Potassium