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Low-renin hypertension is a condition that relates to the sodium status, but a similar situation is present in approximately 25 % of individuals with essential hypertension, without having high aldosterone levels. Indeed, the aldosterone–renin ratio may be raised, and among these individuals some suffer from primary aldosteronism. Thus, there is an overlap between essential hypertension, low-renin hypertension, and primary aldosteronism, indicating that similar treatment regimes may be successful.
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Hellman, P., Hagström, E. (2014). Low-Renin Hypertension. In: Hellman, P. (eds) Primary Aldosteronism. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0509-6_3
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