Salt, aldosterone and hypertension
โ
Pimenta, E; Gordon, R D; Stowasser, M
๐
Article
๐
2012
๐
Nature Publishing Group
๐
English
โ 421 KB
Clinical studies have shown that aldosterone and salt are independently related to hypertension, cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. More recently, studies in humans have demonstrated that, similarly to animals, endogenous aldosterone and dietary salt intake have not only separate, but also comb