From the Nephritic Clinic of the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Derow, Harry A. — Assistant Physician, Beth Israel Hospital ...
A larger proportion of Blacks have lower plasma renin activity levels, relative expansion of plasma volume and a higher prevalence of salt-dependent hypertension. [29] These apparent physiological ...
Pulmonary hypertension occurs in rheumatologic diseases, normally as a consequence of diffuse lung disease. In scleroderma it can occur as primary hypertension without diffuse lung disease and is ...