Review Article
Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease: Navigating the Evidence
Table 1
Selected factors that may cause hypertension in chronic kidney disease*.
| Factor | Dominant Mechanism |
| Impaired sodium excretion | Expansion of ECF volume | Activation of RAS | Direct vasoconstriction Sympathetic activation | Sympathetic activation | Direct vasoconstriction Stimulation of renin release | Imbalance in prostaglandins or kinins | Vasoconstriction | Endothelin | Direct vasoconstriction Renal injury | Reduced nitric oxide | Loss of vasodilator effect |
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*See text for detail. ECF: extracellular fluid; RAS: renin-angiotensin system.
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