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Salt Contributes to Resistant High Blood Pressure
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, a professor of cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, agreed that salt could contribute to resistant high blood pressure.
"This small, but interesting, study, shows among patients with medication-resistant hypertension that salt restriction has a substantial impact on lowering blood pressure by reducing intravascular fluid retention and improving vascular function," Fonarow said.
Recent large-scale clinical trials show that blood pressure can be effectively lowered by following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan and by eating less salt, Fonarow said.
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"Excess sodium intake, above 2,300 milligrams daily, should be avoided in all patients with hypertension, and among those patients with medically resistant hypertension, a closely monitored low-salt diet [1,500 milligrams daily] should be considered," Fonarow advised.
More information
For more about high blood pressure and salt, visit the American Heart Association.
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Last updated 9/19/2008
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SOURCES: Eduardo Pimenta, M.D., Department of Hypertension and Nephrology, Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Gregg C. Fonarow, M.D., professor, cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles; Sept. 19, 2008, presentation, American Heart Association's Annual Fall Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research, Atlanta
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