Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Αρτηριακή Υπέρταση και Συνοδά Καρδιαγγειακά-Νεφρικά ΝοσήματαLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Supervisors info:
Τσιούφης Κωνσταντίνος, Καθηγητής Καρδιολογίας, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Αγγέλη Κωνσταντίνα, Καθηγήτρια Καρδιολογίας, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Τούσουλης Δημήτρης, Καθηγητής Καρδιολογίας, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Υπέρταση και ιδιοπαθή φλεγμονώδη νοσήματα του εντέρου (ανασκόπηση)
Translated title:
Hypertension and idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (review)
Summary:
Hypertension is a chronic disease which can cause damage in target organs such as the heart, the kidneys and the brain. The pathogenesis is complicated and many lifestyle factors such as nutrition play an important role of the development of the disease. Although the treatment choices are improving, epidemiological data show that there is an increasing trend in cases of hypertension.
High dietary intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with reduced blood pressure and lower cardiovascular mortality. In recent years, a critical relationship between eating habits and the composition of gut microbiota has been described, with evidence showing that gut microbiota, as well as its metabolites, play an important role in the regulation of blood pressure.
This review fully describes the relationship between gut microbiota and its metabolites in the pathogenesis of hypertension and how through eating habits can alter the gut microbiota and therefore affected, positively or negatively, the blood pressure.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Hypertension,Gut microbiome,Dysbiosis,Prevention,Nutrition,Dietary patterns
