Title : Renin system activity as a determinant of response to treatment in hypertension and heart failure.

Pub. Date : 1983 Sep-Oct

PMID : 6354936






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1 In hypertension, irrespective of its underlying etiology, the baseline pretreatment renin-sodium profile predicts the antihypertensive action or the lack of it for five major types of antihypertensive drugs: 1) diuretic agents; 2) beta-receptor blockers; 3) converting-enzyme inhibitors; 4) the alpha 1 postsynaptic blocker, prazosin; and 5) the calcium channel blockers, verapamil and nifedipine. Prazosin renin Homo sapiens