Dual blockade with candesartan cilexetil and lisinopril in hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus: rationale and design

Background Blood pressure (BP) reduction is the key to risk reduction of cardiovascular disease or renal failure in hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus. Inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system by an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB)...

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Main Authors: Niels H Andersen, Søren T Knudsen, Per L Poulsen, Steen H Poulsen, Kjeld Helleberg, Hans Eiskjær, Klaus W Hansen, Toke Bek, Carl E Mogensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2003-06-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3317/jraas.2003.019