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What factors affect plasma renin activity response to furosemide and upright posture in patients with essential hypertension?
What factors affect plasma renin activity response to furosemide and upright posture in patients with essential hypertension?
Plasma renin activity response to furosemide and posture in essential hypertension is significantly influenced by age and supine diastolic blood pressure, but does not correlate with parallel aldosterone responses.
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Age and DBP shape renin testing interpretation in essential HTN; leaves open prospective validation before guiding subtyping or therapy.
Robert H. McDonald (1978) studied this question.
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