Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Endocrinology Measurement of renin and its activity is increasingly used ...

which suppresses plasma renin activity These disorders should be suspected in young patients with a familyhistory of hypertension who present with severe or refractory hypertension and ...

But when blood pressure levels decrease significantly and for long periods, smooth muscle cells in the kidney, and some other kidney cell types, can take on a whole new job: producing renin ...

The hypothyroid population is characterized by significant volume changes, initiating a volume-dependent, low plasma renin activity (PRA) mechanism of BP elevation. The incidence of salt ...