| Topic: | endocrine & metabolic diseases (en) |
| Title: | Endocrine Hypertension. |
| Author: | Don, B.R.; Lo, J.C. |
| Source: | IN: Gardner, D.; Shoback, D., eds. Greenspan’s Basic and Clinical Endocrinology. 8th ed. Columbus, OH: McGraw Hill. 2007. pp 396-420. |
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| Abstract: | This chapter about endocrine hypertension is from a textbook about endocrinology that describes the scientific principles and clinical management of patients with endocrine-related diseases and disorders. The authors note that although the kidney is not an endocrine organ per se, its role as both the origin of and target tissue for the hormones that comprise the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system make hypertensive disorders of kidney origin an appropriate subject for a chapter on endocrine hypertension. Hypertension can be a prominent feature of other endocrine disorders, including acromegaly, thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, and hyperparathyroidism, but these are discussed elsewhere in the text. In this chapter, the authors discuss the synthesis, metabolism, and action of mineralocorticoid hormones; the pathogenesis of mineralocorticoid hypertension; aldosterone and the heart; primary aldosteronism; syndromes due to excess deoxycorticosterone production; Cushing’s syndrome; pseudohyperaldosteronism; hypertension of renal origin; the renin-angiotensin system and hypertension; and other hormone systems and hypertension, including insulin, the natriuretic peptides, nitric oxide, endothelin, the kallikrein-kinin system, and the sympathetic nervous system. The chapter includes numerous black-and-white photographs and illustrations; a list of abbreviations is provided. 11 figures. 1 table. 15 references. |
| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | English. |
| Major Keywords: | Endocrine Diseases and Disorders. Physiology. Pathology. Endocrine System. Hormones. Hypertension. Renal Hypertension. Diagnosis. Patient Care Management. |
| Minor Keywords: | Symptoms. Diagnostic Tests. Cushing’s Syndrome. Renin-Angiotensin System. Aldosterone. Adrenal Glands. Cardiovascular System. Insulin. Neurophysiology. |
| Publication Number: | ENBK10049 |
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