RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Hoyle, Brian
T1 Mechanisms of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2014
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 18
SP 4
OP 5
DO 10.1177/155989771418001
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/18/4.abstract
AB This article discusses the mechanisms of salt-sensitive hypertension. The link between salt intake and hypertension is not a recent discovery but, rather, has been known for a half-century on the basis of studies conducted worldwide. Subjects with hypertension can be classified as salt-insensitive and salt-sensitive. It is beginning to be understood that salt sensitivity can be modulated by multiple mechanisms, including the renal sympathetic nervous system, the mineralocorticoid receptor, and aldosterone.