A 64-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease and high cholesterol presents to the physician with increasing lower extremity edema. His blood pressure is 190/110 mm Hg, and laboratory studies show hypernatremia and hypokalemia. Imaging shows no abnormalities except an area of right renal artery vessel constriction. Which of the following are the likely
aldosterone and renin levels, respectively, in this patient?
(A) Decreased/decreased
(B) Decreased/elevated
© Elevated/decreased
(D) Elevated/elevated
(E) No change/no change