American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 598-601 , October 2009

Shared Primacy of Sodium and Potassium on Cardiovascular Risk

  • Horacio J. Adrogué, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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  • Nicolaos E. Madias, MD

      Affiliations

    • St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Nicolaos E. Madias, MD, Department of Medicine, Caritas St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 736 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02135

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    Interaction of the modern Western diet and the kidneys in the pathogenesis of primary hypertension. Reproduced from Adrogué and Madias2 with permission of the Massachusetts Medical Society, ©2007, all

    Interaction of the modern Western diet and the kidneys in the pathogenesis of primary hypertension. Reproduced from Adrogué and Madias2 with permission of the Massachusetts Medical Society, ©2007, all rights reserved.

 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.05.008 on July 6, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00830-0

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.05.008

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 4 , Pages 598-601 , October 2009