Nicolas Roberto Robles

..It has been evaluated nocturnal BP in renal patients using 24 h blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in comparison with nontreated control subjects either normotensives or hypertensives...

..To compare the antihypertensive effect of two daily single dose drugs acting on the renin-angiotensin axis by two different ways...

..To compare the response of erythropoiesis to an angiotensin receptor blocker, irbesartan with an angiotensin conversing enzyme inhibitor, fosinopril, in essential hypertensive patients with normal renal function...

..The secondary objective was to study the protective effect of calcium channel blocker on renal function in CRF patients previously treated with ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers...

..We have tried to evaluate this effect comparing nerve conduction velocities before and after hemodialysis with either AN69 or cellulose acetate (CA)...

..To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the alfa-blocker doxazosin GITS in CRF patients...

..The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety of eprosartan in reducing blood pressure in a group of diabetic patients and a group of non-diabetic patients in a primary care setting...

..To evaluate the safe use of a new calcium channel blocker, lercanidipine, in diabetic chronic renal failure (CRF) patients...

..The aim of this study has been to assess the efficacy and safety of dual blockade of RAS in this group of patients...

..Severe hyperkalaemia is uncommon. Small increments in plasmatic creatinine can be seen but they are hardly dangerous. Combined treatment does not significantly influence erythropoiesis...

..This study has retrospectively compared the effects of ACE inhibitors and ARBs used to treat diabetic nephropathy in a group of type 2 diabetic subjects...

..No adverse effects were reported. CONCLUSIONS: Eprosartan seems to be an effective drug to reduce SBP, DBP and pulse pressure with the same effectiveness in diabetics and non diabetic patients...

..Blood pressure changes seem not to explain this long-term antiproteinuric effect...

..Both drugs have been shown to decrease microalbuminuria when administered alone...

..We have tried to assess the antiproteinuric effect of a calcium channel blocker, lercanidipine, in patients previously treated with ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers...

..Hypertensive patients with mild renal dysfunction showed higher and pathological levels of homocysteinemia as compared with controls, this finding might be related to the higher cardiovascular risk described in this group of patients...

..Data on incidence of hypertensive nephropathy previously to dialysis are scanty because there are not registries similar to those used for renal replacement therapy...

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..Renal disease is the main manifestation and its usual outcome is the lost of renal function. Some clinical evidences suggest that low-dose treatment with chlorambucil may be effective as therapy of this complication...

..Eprosartan was a well-tolerated and an effective drug in reducing PP, SBP and DBP below the recommended levels in patients with mild-to-moderate essential hypertension, allowing a high therapeutic compliance...

..Its specific effect on left ventricular mass is likely, although it is not absolutely confirmed. Testing blood pressure variability should be a routine exploration in patients with a target organ lesion...

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..Symmetrical Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index (Sym-AASI) may provide a simple clinical approach to evaluate arterial stiffness. This study has tried to evaluate the relationship of Sym-AASI with cystatin C levels...

..Whether cystatin C, a marker of kidney function, is associated in the normal range with systolic BP (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), and pulse pressure (PP) obtained using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring has not been previously studied...

..This effect is similar to those seen in nerve conduction velocities and it may be related to increased middle-molecules depuration...

..It has been retrospectively evaluated the cardiovascular risk associated to microalbuminuria and/or diabetes mellitus...

..2 +/- 7.6%; DBP, normotensive 9.0 +/- 8.3 hypertensive 13.5 +/- 7.6%). ABPM is a helpful diagnostic tool in renal disease as in the non complicated essential hypertension patient, both for experimental and for clinical purposes...

..11 +/- 0.05). CONCLUSION: ABPM is a helpful diagnostic tool in young patients. It should be routinely performed as first exploration in all patients younger than 30 years consulting for hypertension...