The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) is a hierarchical endocrine cascade that governs arterial pressure, vascular tone and sodium–water balance, thereby exerting profound influence on ...

Aging is associated with an imbalance in sympathetic and parasympathetic outflow to cardiovascular effector organs. This autonomic imbalance contributes to the decline in cardiovagal baroreceptor ...

The argument was elegant in its simplicity. Patients with high levels of renin had a vasoconstriction type of hypertension that was driven primarily by the actions of the renin-angiotensin system on ...

In this rapidly evolving setting, clinicians are weighing the alleged harm of continuing these medications in patients for whom ACE inhibitors and ARBs have known benefit against the harm to their ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, scientists worldwide are racing to understand how the virus affects the body. Caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19 ...

Initial evidence of the existence of renin, which is an angiotensinogenase enzyme secreted by the kidney, was presented to the medical community more than 100 years ago. Nevertheless, the significance ...

THE role of the kidney in the regulation of blood pressure through the mediation of renin was first suggested by the classic experiments of Goldblatt. 1 Although there was considerable initial ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how certain cells have the amazing ability to transform their function to help our bodies control our blood pressure. These cells ...

a Multivariate model adjusting for cancer therapy including antimetabolites, Vascular endothelial growth factors inhibitors, taxanes, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, vinca alkaloids ...

November 16, 2009 (Orlando, Florida) — An analysis of the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) study has potentially identified a new biomarker of renin angiotensin system (RAS) activation that ...

A common painkiller found in many medicine cabinets may become risky when it is combined with certain blood pressure ...