ACE inhibitors can dramatically decrease renal function when bilateral renal artery stenosis is present. The dose of ACE inhibitors needs to be slowly up-titrated to a goal dose in patients with ...

Diuretics on their own are often not enough to treat hypertension precipitated from renal artery stenosis, and they are ...

effectively decreases rates of urinary protein excretion and slows progression of proteinuric renal disease. Some studies have indicated that concomitant administration of an ACE inhibitor and an ...

Objective: To determine the cost–effectiveness of ACE inhibitor therapy in nondiabetic proteinuric patients with advanced renal disease in Germany. Methods: Two strategies were compared ...

Two groups of drugs, the ACE inhibitors ... and renal function. Disordered functioning of the RAAS plays a key role in the pathophysiology of hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD) and ...