Antihypertensive Response to Thiazide Diuretic or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker in Elderly Hypertensives Is Not Influenced by Pretreatment Plasma Renin Activity

Howard Weintraub,Daniel Duprez,William C. Cushman,Dion H. Zappe,Das Purkayastha,Rita Samuel,Joseph L. Izzo

Antihypertensive Response to Thiazide Diuretic or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker in Elderly Hypertensives Is Not Influenced by Pretreatment Plasma Renin Activity

2012

Howard Weintraub
Daniel Duprez
William C. Cushman
Dion H. Zappe
Das Purkayastha
Rita Samuel
Joseph L. Izzo

Purpose Renin profiling has been proposed as a method to guide antihypertensive drug selection. This prespecified post-hoc analysis examined the influence of baseline plasma renin activity (PRA) on blood pressure (BP) responses.

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Valsartan
Angiotensin receptor
Antihypertensive drug
Hydrochlorothiazide
Blood pressure
Renin–angiotensin system
Diabetes mellitus
Plasma renin activity
Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Medicine

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