• DOI:10.1038/s41440-019-0230-x
Corpus ID: 67770785

Is the commissural nucleus of the solitary tract essential for the maintenance of renovascular hypertension? A putative role for the carotid bodies

@article{Braga2019IsTC,
  title={Is the commissural nucleus of the solitary tract essential for the maintenance of renovascular hypertension? A putative role for the carotid bodies},
  author={V. Braga},
  journal={Hypertension Research},
  year={2019},
  volume={42},
  pages={749-751}
}

V. Braga

Published 2019

Medicine

Hypertension Research

Renovascular hypertension is a type of secondary hypertension that corresponds to 5–10% of hypertensive patients and is considered a severe but treatable form of the disease [1]. Regarding its pathophysiology, the classical studies performed by Goldblatt et al. [2] in the 1930s demonstrated that a reduction in kidney perfusion led to sustained elevation of arterial pressure. A few decades later, elevation of the circulating angiotensin II (ANG II) level was suggested as the main mechanism… CONTINUE READING

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