New Approaches to Blockade of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System: Characteristics and Usefulness of the Direct Renin Inhibitor Aliskiren

• Päätekijät: Atsuhiro Ichihara (Tekijä), Mariyo Sakoda (Tekijä), Asako Kurauchi-Mito (Tekijä), Tatsuya Narita (Tekijä), Kenichiro Kinouchi (Tekijä), Kanako Bokuda (Tekijä), Hiroshi Itoh (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Elsevier, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Since renin inhibition interferes with the first and rate-limiting steps in the renin-angiotensin system, the renin step is a very attractive target for lowering blood pressure and minimizing target-organ damage. The newly developed direct renin inhibitor aliskiren has several attractive characteris...