The study focused on why people with severe high blood pressure often develop thickened arteries and small blood vessels in ...

renin-dependent (high or normal renin levels in relationship to sodium excretion) or vasoconstrictor and volume-dependent or salt-sensitive. The former group, representing 10%-30% of the essential ...

[Hurst’s The Heart Section 11:13a,14a-b,15a] Although the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone ... the compensated right heart generates elevated pulmonary artery and wedge pressures that may result ...

Ultimately, since renin is so critical for our own health, a better understanding of how our bodies control its production ...

A reasonable strategy would be to stop the ACE inhibitor and start a diuretic. If the renin level is high, then it might be reasonable to add either a ß blocker or an angiotensin receptor antagonist.