Review: Plasma renin and the incidence of cardiovascular disease

Whether renin is involved in the onset of coronary heart disease (CHD) remains unclear. A case-control study in 1972, suggesting a causal association between renin and CHD, has now been followed by three prospective studies. One was based on 1,717 hypertensive subjects in a Work-Site Program in New...

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Main Author: Tom Meade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2010-06-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1470320310365015