HBPR: MRI May Link Skin Salt to Hypertension
By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today
By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today
Published: September 23, 2011
Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner
ORLANDO -- Move over kidneys, brain, and blood vessels because there may be a new organ involved in hypertension control – the skin.
Not only does the skin store sodium that is possibly related to hypertension, but the amount of sodium can be assessed with an MRI scan, Peter Linz, PhD, from Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen, Germany, and colleagues found.
The levels of sodium in the skin of five
Not only does the skin store sodium that is possibly related to hypertension, but the amount of sodium can be assessed with an MRI scan, Peter Linz, PhD, from Friedrich-Alexander-University in Erlangen, Germany, and colleagues found.
The levels of sodium in the skin of five
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