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We studied the renal and systemic hemodynamics of obese hypertensive patients and their lean controls matched for age, sex, race, and level of mean arterial pressure. The obese hypertensive patients had a greater cardiac output, renal blood flow and total blood volume. In contrast total peripheral and renal vascular resistances were less in the obese patients than in their lean counterparts. Therefore, we postulate that the high blood flow state with volume expansion in the obese hypertensive patient may predispose to cardiac complications, but, paradoxically, may also provide better renal vascular protection than in their nonobese controls.
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Reisin, E., Messerli, F.H., Ventura, H.O., Frohlich, E.D. (1984). Renal Hemodynamics in Obese and Lean Essential Hypertensive Patients. In: Messerli, F.H. (eds) Kidney in Essential Hypertension. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 35. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3897-0_10
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