摘要
Dear Editor,Around a billion individuals worldwide have hypertension.Of these,95%have essential hypertension,a type of undiagnosed hypertension.1 The regulation of blood pressure(BP)involves numerous signaling pathways.Among them,the Renin Angiotensin System is well known.All these pathways are regulated by modulation of renal salt handling and tone of vascular smooth muscle(VSM)tissue.Any of these mechanisms can become faulty and alter the resistance arteries’VSM tone,which can elevate BP.However,since the exact origin of PH and its pathophysiology are unknown,less effective,and generic treatments are used.2 The fact that more than 50%of hypertension patients in the USA do not have their BP under good control serves as an illustration of this.Antihypertensive treatment resistance affects an additional 5 million people and is defined as the inability to regulate BP despite the use of at least three antihypertensive drugs in combination.
