Reduction in albuminuria translates to reduction in cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients: losartan intervention for endpoint reduction in hypertension study.

H, Ibsen; MH, Olsen; K, Wachtell; K, Borch-Johnsen; LH, Lindholm; CE, Mogensen; B, Dahlöf; RB, Devereux; Faire U, de; F, Fyhrquist; S, Julius; SE, Kjeldsen; O, Lederballe-Pedersen; MS, Nieminen; P, Omvik; S, Oparil; Y, Wan

doi:10.1161/01.hyp.0000154082.72286.2a

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Reduction in albuminuria translates to reduction in cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients: losartan intervention for endpoint reduction in hypertension study.

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Ibsen H

Olsen MH

Wachtell K

Abstract

Few data are available to clarify whether changes in albuminuria over time translate to changes in cardiovascular risk. The aim of the present study was to examine whether changes in albuminuria during 4.8 years of antihypertensive treatment were related to changes in risk in 8206 patients with hype...

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