Renoprotective Properties of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers beyond Blood Pressure Lowering
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Renoprotective properties of angiotensin receptor blockers beyond blood pressure lowering.
Clinical studies have demonstrated that some antihypertensive agents provide renoprotection independent of BP lowering. Recent in vitro and in vivo studies evaluated the mechanisms involved in this protection. First, the in vitro effects of several angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARB), calcium channel blockers (CCB), and beta blockers (BB) on various mediators were compared: Formation ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1046-6673,1533-3450
DOI: 10.1681/asn.2005050522