Open AccessPretreatment Plasma Renin Activity Levels Correlate With the Blood Pressure Response to Telmisartan in Essential Hypertension
Author(s) -
J. Minami,
T Ishimitsu,
H Matsuoka
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2007.15
Subject(s) - medicine , plasma renin activity , telmisartan , blood pressure , renin–angiotensin system , essential hypertension , aliskiren , cardiology , endocrinology
Although the therapeutic response to angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) is assumed impaired in patients with low-renin hypertension, data are scarce about the association between levels of plasma renin activity (PRA) before treatment and response of ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) to ARBs in essential hypertension.
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