USE OF AN ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A MEDICAMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS
摘要
The present invention relates to the use of an angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist in the manufacture of a medicament for the prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of cardiovascular complications encountered in a patient in need of dialysis. The invention further relates to a method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of cardiovascular complications encountered in a patient in need of dialysis, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist.