[Selective microproteinuria as a marker of incipient renal impairment in patients with hypertension]
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Early Detection of Drug-Induced Renal Hemodynamic Dysfunction Using Sonographic Technology in Rats
Published on: March 11, 2016
Abstract:
Incidence of chronic renal failure has a worldwide tendency to growth. Hypertension occupies an important place among causes of this upward trend. That is why in patients with hypertension and incipient changes of the kidneys it seems most appropriate to use antihypertensive drugs with renoprotective properties. Early treatment with these drugs enables most effective lowering of risk of renal failure development and thus has a potential to prolong life of a patient. Selective microproteinuria is considered to be a marker of incipient renal impairement. Among groups of antihypertensive agents angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, calcium antagonists, beta-blockers, and diuretics have proven renoprotective properties.
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