高血压与肾病变的因果关系一直是1836年(Bright)以来的研究课题。在肾血管性高血压和肾实质性高血压时的肾病变以及高血压性血管损害所致的肾病变,均被看成高务压的原因,称之为肾硬化。但是,由于肾硬化也包括非高血压性肾血管病变,故高血压性肾血管损害与肾硬化并不是同义语。 The causal relationship between hypertension and nephropathy has been the subject of research since 1836 (Bright). Nephropathy due to renal vascular hypertension and renal parenchymal hypertension and nephropathy due to hypertensive vascular damage are seen as a cause of high stress and are called nephrosclerosis. However, due to renal sclerosis, including non-hypertensive renal vascular lesions, so hypertensive renal vascular damage and renal sclerosis are not synonymous.