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

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 ...

Patients at low risk of cardiovascular events (i.e. stable coronary artery disease and normal or slightly impaired left-ventricular function) do not benefit from ACE inhibitor therapy.

Any improvement in GFR will increase ACE inhibitor renal clearance (if the ACE inhibitor is one that is renally cleared) and in so doing do away with the original basis for the hypotension.

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys. The ...