Hypertension in hemodialysis patients treated with atenolol or lisinopril: a randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Rajiv Agarwal,
Arjun Sinha,
Maria K. Pappas,
Terri N. Abraham,
Getachew G. Tegegne
Publication year - 2014
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/gft515
Subject(s) - medicine , lisinopril , atenolol , left ventricular hypertrophy , hemodialysis , cardiology , ace inhibitor , randomized controlled trial , muscle hypertrophy , blood pressure , angiotensin converting enzyme
The purpose of this study was to determine among maintenance hemodialysis patients with echocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertension whether in comparison with a β-blocker-based antihypertensive therapy, an angiotensin converting enzyme-inhibitor-based antihypertensive therapy causes a greater regression of left ventricular hypertrophy.
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