Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on the progression of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lv, Jicheng; Ehteshami, Parya; J. Sarnak, Mark; Tighiouart, Hocine; Jun, Min; Ninomiya, Toshiharu; Foote, Celine; Rodgers, Anthony; Zhang, Hong; Wang, Haiyan; FM Strippoli, Giovanni; Perkovic, Vlado

doi:10.1503/cmaj.121468

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Effects of intensive blood pressure lowering on the progression of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Published in Canadian Medical Association Journal • Jun 24, 2013

Authors:

Jicheng Lv

Parya Ehteshami

Mark J. Sarnak

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recent guidelines suggest lowering the target blood pressure for patients with chronic kidney disease, although the strength of evidence for this suggestion has been uncertain. We sought to assess the renal and cardiovascular effects of intensive blood pressure lowering in people with ch...

Subject

Medicine

Kidney disease

Renal function

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