Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2019; 112(4): 381-382
Alterations Resulting From Exposure to Mercury in Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats
Luana Urbano Pagan
, Marcelo Diarcadia Mariano Cezar
, Ricardo Luiz Damatto
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190025
This Short Editorial is referred by the Research article "Effects of Chronic Exposure to Mercury on Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Activity and Oxidative Stress in Normotensive and Hypertensive Rats".
Mercury is a chemical element still widely used in industrial processes and present in many appliances used daily by the population. However, mercury can be extremely toxic to our body and lead to the development of several diseases such as blindness, deafness, intellectual disability, paralysis, cancer, renal dysfunction, and it can also induce cardiac alterations.,
Studies have shown that exposure to mercury can cause changes in the cardiovascular system, such as systemic arterial hypertension, coronary dysfunction, cardiac arrhythmia, and increase the risk of myocardial infarction., In humans, high blood mercury levels were correlated with increased systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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