Aliskiren: a clinical profile
Aliskiren is a novel oral antihypertensive agent, and the first in the new class of direct renin inhibitors. Here we review the key criteria that a new antihypertensive drug should possess, notably effective blood pressure lowering as monotherapy and combination therapy, 24-hour blood pressure contr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi - SAGE Publishing
2006-06-01
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Series: | Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System |
Online Access: | http://jra.sagepub.com/content/7/2_suppl/S16.full.pdf |