Cardiorenal end points in a trial of aliskiren for type 2 diabetes

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  • Hans-Henrik Parving
  • Barry M Brenner
  • John J V McMurray
  • Dick de Zeeuw
  • Steven M Haffner
  • Scott D Solomon
  • Nish Chaturvedi
  • Frederik Persson
  • Akshay S Desai
  • Maria Nicolaides
  • Alexia Richard
  • Zhihua Xiang
  • Patrick Brunel
  • Marc A Pfeffer
  • ALTITUDE Investigators
  • Birger Thorsteinsson
This study was undertaken to determine whether use of the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren would reduce cardiovascular and renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, or both.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
Volume367
Issue number23
Pages (from-to)2204-13
Number of pages10
ISSN0028-4793
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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