Diabetic nephropathy is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Interruption of the renin–angiotensin system slows the progression of renal disease in patients with type 1 diabetes, but similar ...

The metabolic syndrome represents a specific cluster of phenotypes that increase the risk for coronary heart disease and type-2 diabetes mellitus. 1, 2, 3, 4 Owing to ...

Nephropathy and retinopathy remain important complications of type 1 diabetes. It is unclear whether their progression is slowed by early administration of drugs that block the renin–angiotensin ...

Thousands of bottles of a prescription medicine for treating high blood pressure and congestive heart failure have been recalled over the detection of trace amounts of a possible carcinogen. About ...

Patients with severe hypertension are at high risk for cardiovascular events. The authors hypothesized that initial treatment with a combination angiotensin receptor blocker/diuretic agent would be ...

In this 8-week, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, parallel-group, forced-titration study, candesartan cilexetil was compared to losartan in 654 hypertensive patients from 72 sites throughout the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Losartan failed to reduce lung injury or improve clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, ...

Approximately 43 million people in Japan suffer from hypertension. 1 The majority require a combination of antihypertensive drugs to achieve adequate blood pressure (BP) control. A cross-sectional ...