Feasibility of combined treatment with enalapril and candesartan in advanced chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
Marie FrimodtMøller,
A. H. Nielsen,
Svend Strandgaard,
AnneLise Kamper
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp547
Subject(s) - medicine , candesartan , enalapril , hyperkalemia , kidney disease , renal function , blood pressure , blockade , creatinine , urology , cardiology , angiotensin ii , angiotensin converting enzyme , receptor
Dual blockade of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been claimed to have a specific renal protective effect in chronic kidney disease (CKD). The present short-term study reports on the feasibility of dual blockade in a consecutive group of patients with CKD stage 3-5.
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