1. In eight normal subjects, ten patients with labile hypertension, six with advanced essential hypertension and six with renovascular hypertension, plasma renin concentration, cardiac output, mean arterial pressure, clearances of creatinine and p-aminohippurate (PAH), and sodium excretion were measured before and after 30 min of 45" upright tilting. Changes in plasma adrenaline and noradrenali...