RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Initial Findings of the AASK
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 304
OP 312
VO 70
IS 4
A1 Rahman, Mahboob
YR 2003
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/4/304.abstract
AB Experts have long thought that African Americans were less responsive to ACE inhibitors than other racial or ethnic groups. The African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) provides the first evidence of a beneficial effect of ACE inhibition on renal function in African American patients, in addition to excellent blood pressure control.