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We performed renal biopsies on eight patients who had benign essential hypertension but laboratory abnormalities suggestive of glomerulonephritis. Persistent microscopic hematuria was detected in four patients, proteinuria in five, RBC casts in two, and decreased glomerular filtration in seven. In all eight biopsy specimens, we detected hyaline arterionephrosclerosis, focal glomerular obsolescence, and segmental, afibrillar thickening of glomerular basement membranes. Direct immunofluorescence studies performed on all eight samples were negative for immunoglobulins, complement, and fibrinogen. Although the patients in our study had laboratory findings suggestive of glomerulonephritis, the morphologic changes were indicative of benign essential hypertension.
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PMID:Glomerular lesions in benign essential hypertension. A study of eight biopsy specimens with laboratory evidence suggestive of glomerular abnormalities. 58 47

Increased cellular Na+/H+ antiport activity has been documented in various cell types from hypertensive humans and rats. This membrane abnormality may be associated with the thickening of the vascular media of resistance vessels. Such an abnormality has also been demonstrated in cells from type I diabetic patients with nephropathy, and may indicate the predisposition to essential hypertension in such patients. We now demonstrate the importance of the rate-limiting enzyme for cholesterol and isoprenoid synthesis, 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A reductase, in determining cellular Na+/H+ antiport activity. This finding may have application in the future treatment of diabetic patients with proteinuria.
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PMID:Lipids and cellular Na+/H+ antiport activity in diabetic nephropathy. 132 9

Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are strongly associated conditions from epidemiologic, genetic, and pathophysiologic points of view. The prevalence of hypertension is high in patients with diabetes, and, conversely, many patients with essential hypertension are glucose intolerant. Proteinuria appears in 40-50% of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and 20-30% of patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Progressive renal failure occurs in 30-40 and 3-8% of patients, respectively, hypertension being a leading factor in its rate of progression. In various animal experiments, ACE inhibitors are able to prevent proteinuria and glomerular sclerosis, presumably by lowering transglomerular capillary pressure. In the diabetic human, ACE inhibitors are powerful antihypertensive drugs, devoid of metabolic side effects. Clinical studies indicate that ACE inhibitors reduce proteinuria and possibly slow the rate of decline in renal function. Such an effect is not observed with beta-blockers. Large-scale studies are needed to confirm this very important hypothesis.
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PMID:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and diabetic nephropathy. 138 63

Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) in patient of essential hypertension is a high risk factor for both mother and child. From July 1959 to June 1991 there were 52,898 deliveries after the 28th week of gestation in our hospital, among whom essential hypertension occurred in 2.5% and 337 cases were superimposed by PIH with an incidence of 25.9%. There was a perinatal fetal mortality rate of 117.6/1000 in those 337 cases. A scoring system for perinatal fetal prognosis was worked out. The clinical criteria consist of: preexisting diastolic blood pressure, the highest diastolic pressure during pregnancy, proteinuria and the time of onset of PIH. A perinatal survival rate of 75.0% was obtained in those patients with preexisting diastolic pressure lower than 14.8 kPa (110 mmHg). A perinatal survival rate of more than 98.0% may be expected of those patients developing P I H after the 36th week of gestation. When the score is more than 8, the patient could usually get a living baby. If the score is less than 7, it is important to treat P I H effectively, terminate pregnancy at an appropriate time and keep the baby in the intensive care unit.
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PMID:[Perinatal fetal prognosis of essential hypertension complicating pregnancy]. 139

Less than a quarter of the patients with juvenile-onset IDDM develop diabetic nephropathy during the first 20 years of diabetes. To study the determinants of this complication, we selected patients who had come with newly diagnosed IDDM to the Joslin Clinic between 1967 to 1972, and we examined them in 1986 to 1988, that is, 15 to 21 years after onset of diabetes. Using a case control design we compared three groups of cases, that is, advanced nephropathy (N = 43), only microalbuminuria (N = 41), and hypertension alone (N = 17), with a group of controls who remained normoalbuminuric and normotensive despite the long duration of IDDM (N = 61). In comparison with controls, patients with advanced nephropathy had more parents with hypertension (odds ratio 3.8), higher Vmax values of Na/Li countertransport in red blood cells (odds ratio 10.0 for the highest tertile), and higher mean arterial pressure during adolescence and early adulthood (odds ratio 3.1 for those above the median). They also had significantly poorer glycemic control during their first 12 years of diabetes. Patients with hypertension alone were similar to those with advanced nephropathy with regard to markers of predisposition to hypertension but differed from them with regard to glycemic control, having the best glycemic control of all the study groups. Patients who developed only microalbuminuria during 15 to 21 years of IDDM (some of whom will progress to overt proteinuria later) did not differ significantly from controls with regard to predisposition to hypertension. In conclusion, predisposition to hypertension is a major risk factor for the development of advanced diabetic nephropathy and essential hypertension during the first 20 years of IDDM.
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PMID:Predisposition to hypertension: risk factor for nephropathy and hypertension in IDDM. 151 93

Diabetic nephropathy is more common in patients with a positive family history of hypertension and with elevated red blood cell sodium-lithium countertransport, a marker of risk for essential hypertension. To evaluate whether there is a relationship between this cation transport system and indicators of risk of renal and cardiovascular complications in diabetic patients before the development of clinical proteinuria, we studied 31 type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with arterial hypertension, without clinical proteinuria and 12 normotensive normoalbuminuric diabetic patients. Sodium-lithium countertransport activity was significantly higher in hypertensive patients (0.43 +/- 0.03 mmol/l RBC x hr) than in normotensive patients (0.23 +/- 0.03; P less than 0.001). To better explore the nature of the association between this transport system and arterial hypertension, hypertensive patients were divided in two groups, with high (greater than 0.41 mmol/l RBC x hr) or normal (less than 0.41) sodium-lithium countertransport activity. The two groups of hypertensive diabetics were similar in age, sex, body mass index and blood pressure levels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Clustering of risk factors in hypertensive insulin-dependent diabetics with high sodium-lithium countertransport. 151 8

In a double-blind, randomized trial with 26 male white patients with essential hypertension in World Health Organization Stages I and II, we examined the impact of calcium entry blockade (5 to 10 mg/day isradipine, N = 14) and beta-blockade (100 to 200 mg/day metoprolol, N = 12) on early markers of hypertensive nephropathy before and after 7 weeks' treatment. Excretion of total protein, albumin, alpha 1-microglobuline, and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase (NAG) were measured in the 24-h urine by radial immunodiffusion and fluorimetric method, respectively. Before therapy, 8 of 26 patients had microproteinuria (31%), six had microalbuminuria (22%), six had elevated urinary NAG activity (22%), and three had elevated alpha 1-microglobulin excretion (11%). In these subjects anti-hypertensive therapy led to a fall in proteinuria (296 +/- 56 v 127 +/- 116 mg/day, P less than .01), albuminuria (44 +/- 24 v 25 +/- 12 mg/day, P less than .05), and NAG excretion (45 +/- 22 v 28 +/- 5, P less than .05). The higher the pretreatment value, the greater the fall was in proteinuria (r = +0.55, P less than .01), albuminuria (r = 0.80, P less than .001), and NAG excretion (r = 0.60, P less than .01). We did not observe any significant difference in clinical characteristics, blood pressure, or urinary excretion of protein, albumin, or NAG between the two treatment groups, either before or after therapy. Thus, antihypertensive therapy reduced excretion of total protein, albumin, and NAG activity in hypertensive patients with elevated pretreatment values, potentially indicating reversal of early hypertensive nephropathy.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Impact of antihypertensive therapy with isradipine and metoprolol on early markers of hypertensive nephropathy. 153 71

The characteristics and treatment of preeclampsia and eclampsia are reviewed. Risk factors for preeclampsia include (1) nulliparity, (2) a mother or sister(s) with a history of the disorder, (3) essential hypertension or renal disease, or (4) a twin or molar pregnancy. Preeclampsia is diagnosed when the systolic blood pressure (BP) increases by 30 mm Hg or the diastolic BP increases by 15 mm Hg after the 20th week of gestation and the BP rise is accompanied by edema, proteinuria, or both. Severe preeclampsia is diagnosed when the BP reaches or exceeds 160 mm Hg systolic or 110 mm Hg diastolic after bed rest. Eclampsia is the occurrence of seizures (in the preeclamptic patient) that cannot be attributed to other causes; it occurs in about 0.2% of preeclamptic patients. Magnesium sulfate (in the injectable, hydrated form) is the agent used most often for seizure prophylaxis in the preeclamptic patient in the United States. It is also used widely to control seizures once they develop. In the United States, diazepam is used to supplement magnesium sulfate if necessary to control seizures, but its use is not routine. Among antihypertensive agents, i.v. hydralazine is preferred in this country to control blood pressure in the severely preeclamptic or eclamptic patient. Several studies provide promising evidence that low-dose aspirin (60-150 mg daily beginning at 28-30 weeks of gestation) prevents preeclampsia in women who are at risk for its development. Until additional comparative studies are completed, magnesium sulfate and hydralazine will remain the standard of care for the treatment of preeclampsia in the United States.
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PMID:Treatment of preeclampsia and eclampsia. 161 13

OBJECT OF TREATMENT: Antihypertensive treatment in hypertensive patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is intended to prevent long-term complications, particularly diabetic nephropathy. DIABETIC HYPERTENSIVES WITH ABNORMAL ALBUMINURIA: Antihypertensive therapy, particularly with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, typically produces a permanent reduction in the decline of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in diabetic patients with abnormal albuminuria. The rate of decline in the GFR during antihypertensive treatment is a well accepted end-point in diabetic renal disease. DIABETIC HYPERTENSIVES WITHOUT ABNORMAL ALBUMINURIA: In insulin-dependent diabetic patients with essential hypertension but with normal urinary albumin excretion there is no reduction in the GFR. Longitudinal studies have shown a fall in the GFR only in the presence of significantly increased urinary albumin excretion. ABNORMAL ALBUMINURIA AS A MARKER OF INCIPIENT NEPHROPATHY: Micro-albuminuria and proteinuria may be pathogenetic factors in the development of nephropathy, leading eventually to end-stage renal failure in diabetic patients. Measurements of micro-albuminuria and proteinuria, in addition to blood pressure recordings, might therefore be used as indications for initiating antihypertensive treatment. NEED TO MONITOR PATIENTS FOR ABNORMAL ALBUMINURIA: Transglomerular macromolecular traffic may produce mesangial damage, with subsequent glomerulopathy and diabetic nephropathy. Thus, close monitoring for micro-albuminuria and proteinuria is desirable in the management of diabetic hypertensive patients.
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PMID:Micro-albuminuria and the organ-damage concept in antihypertensive therapy for patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 161 2

Angiotensin II has many actions in the kidney, including regulation and distribution of renal circulation and glomerular filtration, as well as effects on mesangial contraction and on the filtration coefficient. The reduction in circulating and intrarenal angiotensin II by angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in essential hypertension is associated with a significant increase in renal blood flow and a decrease in filtration fraction, without changes in glomerular filtration rate. In addition, administration of ACE inhibitors can reduce proximal sodium reabsorption via changes in peritubular hydrostatic and oncotic forces resulting from the fall in postglomerular capillary resistance. In severe hypertension the state of the renal vasculature does not allow ACE inhibition to induce similar haemodynamic changes and, therefore, it cannot contribute to renal sodium handling that requires the recruitment of alternate mechanisms. In spite of this, ACE inhibitors may exert a protective effect on the renal function of patients with severe hypertension as well as in those with renal impairment, by lowering systemic and, probably, intraglomerular pressure, reducing proteinuria and slowing the progression of renal failure.
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PMID:Effects of ACE inhibition on renal haemodynamics in essential hypertension and hypertension associated with chronic renal failure. 171 68


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