High-Renin Essential Hypertension: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

High-Renin Essential Hypertension: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

1. Introduction to Essential Hypertension Subtypes Essential hypertension, defined as chronically elevated blood pressure without a singular identifiable secondary cause, is a heterogeneous clinical condition. Rather than viewing it as a uniform disease, modern cardiology categorizes essential hypertension based on distinct physiological profiles. One of the most clinically significant categorizations is based on the circulating … Read more