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Hypertension - Coggle Diagram
Hypertension
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Pathophysiology
The pathophysiology of hypertension involves the impairment of renal pressure natriuresis, the feedback system in which high blood pressure induces an increase in sodium and water excretion by the kidney that leads to a reduction of the blood pressure. Pressure natriuresis can result from impaired renal function, inappropriate activation of hormones that regulate salt and water excretion by the kidney (such as those in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system), or excessive activation of the sympathetic nervous system.