Comparative Effects of Direct Renin Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker on Albuminuria in Hypertensive Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Comparative Effects of Direct Renin Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker on Albuminuria in Hypertensive Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. A Randomized Controlled Trial.

In patients with diabetes, albuminuria is a risk marker of end-stage renal disease and cardiovascular events. An increased renin-angiotensin system activity has been reported to play an important role in the pathological processes in these conditions. We compared the effect of aliskiren, a direct re...

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Main Authors: Takashi Uzu, Shin-Ichi Araki, Atsunori Kashiwagi, Masakazu Haneda, Daisuke Koya, Hiroki Yokoyama, Yasuo Kida, Motoyoshi Ikebuchi, Takaaki Nakamura, Masataka Nishimura, Noriko Takahara, Toshiyuki Obata, Nobuyuki Omichi, Katsuhiko Sakamoto, Ryosuke Shingu, Hideki Taki, Yoshio Nagai, Hiroaki Tokuda, Munehiro Kitada, Miwa Misawa, Akira Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kobori, Hiroshi Maegawa, Shiga Committee for Preventing Diabetic Nephropathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5198982?pdf=render

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