20世纪70年代以来,通过对“肾素—血管紧张素—醛固酮系统”及其与高血压之间关系的深入研究,以及由此而产生的“容量—血管收缩学说”,对高血压病有了新的认识。这是近20多年来高血压领域中最重要的进展。现就这方面的问题作一简介。 Since the 1970s, a thorough study of the relationship between “renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system” and hypertension and its resulting “capacity-vasoconstriction theory” has been reported for hypertension A new understanding. This is the most important advance in the field of hypertension in the past two decades. A brief introduction on this issue is given.