RECENT ADVANCES IN THE PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

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Article1 August 1949RECENT ADVANCES IN THE PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIONG. E. WAKERLIN, Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.P.G. E. WAKERLIN, Ph.D., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-2-312 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBy essential hypertension, of course, is meant chronic hypertension of unknown cause. Approximately 90 per cent of all hypertensions seen clinically belong to this group. The hypertensions of known causes include those associated with nephritis, pyelonephritis, renal anomalies, renal tumors, pheochromocytomas, adrenal cortical tumors, pituitary basophilism, coarctation of the aorta, and certain lesions of the central nervous system. The exact mechanism of the increase in arterial blood pressure in even this latter group, however, is definitely known only in the case of pheochromocytomas; viz., an increased secretion of epinephrine. Nevertheless, clinical differentiation of these hypertensions from essential hypertension is vitally...References GOLDRINGCHASIS WH: Hypertension and hypertensive disease, 1944, Commonwealth Fund, Oxford Press. Google Scholar PAGECORCORAN IHAC: Arterial hypertension, 1945, Year Book Publishers, Chicago. Google Scholar BRAUN-MENENDEZ E (translated by L. DEXTER): Renal hypertension, 1946, C. C. Thomas, Springfield. Google Scholar Transactions of the First Conference on Factors Regulating Blood Pressure, Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, April 24-25, 1947, New York, N. Y. Google Scholar Transactions of the Second Conference on Factors Regulating Blood Pressure, Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, January 8-9, 1948, New York, N. Y. (in press). Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication October 30, 1948.From the Department of Physiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Sympathektomie beim Hochdruck und ihre Ergebnisse 1 August 1949Volume 31, Issue 2Page: 312-318KeywordsAortaBlood pressureCentral nervous systemEpinephrineHypertensionLesionsNephritisPathogenesisPheochromocytomaPyelonephritis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...