Angiotensins

New angiotensins findings from W. Fang and co-researchers published

Published in Biotech Business Week, December 8th, 2008

"Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been shown to improve outcome in patients with renal failure not on dialysis therapy and patients on haemodialysis (HD). However, their effect on survival has not been studied in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients," researchers in Toronto, Canada report.

"The present study examined the association between therapy with ACE inhibitor/ARB and mortality in patients undergoing chronic PD. All patients who commenced PD between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2005 at the University Health Network were included. Patients were grouped according to whether they had been treated with ACE inhibitor/ARB. They were followed up from...

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Source: Biotech Business Week (2008-12-08)

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