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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roland E Schmieder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2006-06-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:http://jra.sagepub.com/content/7/2_suppl/16.full.pdf