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C. Na Uptake and Blood Pressure D. Mortality and Hypertension
kPa mmHg
200
d 50
Primary hypertension Mortality rate
20 150 c or abnormal Died (%) 40 (in men,
follow-up of 20 years)
renal function
e Normal 30
100 a b
10 20
Normal uptake High uptake
50 10

0 0 Age 50 55 60 65
1x 2x 3x 4x 5x Hypertension III
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Uptake (= excretion) of Na and water Blood pressure levels in 45th year of life
(multiples of ‘normal’) 132/85 152/95 mmHg
132/90 162/100
(after Society of Actuaries:
(after Guyton et al.) Build and Blood Pressure Study, 1959)
E. Consequences of Hypertension Plate 7.20
Arterial hypertension
TPR
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Na excretion
Hypertensive
encephalopathy

Left ventricular
hypertrophie, Bleeding
heart failure
(Photo: U.Pfeifer)
Renal
ischemia

Renal failure Malacia

Myocardial
infarction
Peripheral
vascular disease
Apoplexy 213
(after Lohmann)
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