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[The role of angiotensin II AT1-receptor antagonists in renal and cardiac protection in type-2 diabetes mellitus].
Italian Heart Journal. Supplement : Official Journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology 2003 March
Blood pressure reduction and intensive antihypertensive treatment are effective in reducing both microvascular and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes. Blood pressure target levels < 130/85 or 130/80 mmHg are now recommended. Antagonism of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system seems to be an important goal in the treatment of hypertension and diabetes-related complications. The renoprotective role of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitors has been well documented in type 1 diabetes; in type 2 diabetes ACE-inhibitors have been deemed more effective than other traditional drugs in reducing the onset of overt nephropathy in microalbuminuric patients (secondary prevention) but not in reducing renal dysfunction in patients with clinical proteinuria (tertiary prevention). Recently, four large trials performed on type 2 diabetes showed that angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) prevent the development of clinical proteinuria in microalbuminuric patients (IRMA and MARVAL studies) and delay the progression of nephropathy towards end-stage renal failure in patients with overt nephropathy (IDNT and RENAAL studies). Moreover, ARBs have been deemed more effective in reducing hospitalizations for heart failure compared to placebo (IDNT and RENAAL studies) and in reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared to conventional therapy (LIFE study) in type 2 diabetes. In conclusion, ARBs are effective in preventing and delaying renal damage in type 2 diabetes. Thus, the recent guidelines for the prevention and treatment of diabetic nephropathy state that ACE-inhibitors are the first-choice drugs in type 1 diabetes while ARBs are considered as the first-choice drugs in secondary prevention, the same as ACE-inhibitors, and are the unique first-choice drug in tertiary prevention of end-stage renal failure in type 2 diabetes. Finally, ACE-inhibitors and ARBs are both first-choice drugs in cardiovascular prevention in type 2 diabetes.
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