Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease

J. Appel, Lawrence; T. Wright, Jackson; Greene, Tom; Y. Agodoa, Lawrence; C. Astor, Brad; L. Bakris, George; H. Cleveland, W.; Charleston, Jeanne; Contreras, Gabriel; Faulkner, Marquetta; B. Gabbai, Francis; Gassman, Jennifer; A. Hebert, Lee; Jamerson, Kenneth; D. Kopple, Joel; W. Kusek, John; P. Lash, James; P. Lea, Janice; B. Lewis, Julia; S. Lipkowitz, Michael; G. Massry, Shaul; R. Miller, Edgar; C. Norris, Keith; A. Phillips, Robert; A. Pogue, Velvie; S. Randall, Otelio; G. Rostand, Stephen; Smogorzewski, Miroslaw; D. Toto, Robert; Wang, Xuelei

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0910975

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Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Sep 1, 2010

Authors:

Lawrence J. Appel

Jackson T. Wright

Tom Greene

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In observational studies, the relationship between blood pressure and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is direct and progressive. The burden of hypertension-related chronic kidney disease and ESRD is especially high among black patients. Yet few trials have tested whether intensive blood-p...

Subject

Medicine

Kidney disease

Blood pressure

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