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Improved Renal Denervation Mitigated Hypertension Induced by Angiotensin II Infusion
Published on: May 26, 2022
1Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75390-8899, USA.
Abstract:
A large number of randomized controlled trials have been published over the past decade. The earlier ones established the benefits of low-dose diuretic-based therapy. The more recent ones have documented the equal overall effectiveness of therapy based on an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or a calcium antagonist. The comparative data do not clearly define a single superior drug for most hypertensive patients, so the initial choice should be individualized, on the basis of the concomitant conditions. For the rapidly increasing population of diabetic hypertensive patients, similar conclusions are obvious, with the caveat that an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor should usually be the initial choice, with diuretics and calcium antagonists usually needed to accomplish adequate control. There are no concerns about the use of calcium antagonists in diabetic patients.
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