Key result
Stress may contribute to the pathogenesis of essential hypertension through activation of the sympathetic nervous system and increased peripheral resistance.
Why the study?
Does stress contribute to the pathogenesis of idiopathic hypertension through sympathetic nervous system activation?
Does stress contribute to the pathogenesis of idiopathic hypertension through sympathetic nervous system activation?
Stress-mediated overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system is a probable pathway in the pathogenesis of early essential hypertension.
Hypothesis-generating for stress in hypertension; prospective trials needed to confirm sympathetic mechanisms.
Stress may be an important contributor to the pathogenesis of idiopathic (essential) hypertension. The probable pathway involves activation of the sympathetic nervous system and thereby an increase in peripheral resistance. This paper reviews the hemodynamics of early hypertension and attempts to relate them to stress-mediated overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. Attention is also given the relations between obesity, race, sex and geography to hypertension.
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Norman M. Kaplan (1978) conducted a review in Hypertension. Stress was evaluated. Stress may contribute to the pathogenesis of essential hypertension through activation of the sympathetic nervous system and increased peripheral resistance.
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