title: [Losartan and the LIFE-study. Antihypertensive treatment with AT1-receptor antagonist].
abstract: The renin-angiotensin system, through the effects of angiotensin II, may be involved in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension and associated left ventricular hypertrophy. Treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition (ACEI) lowers blood pressure and reduces left ventricular hypertrophy. ACEI, however, may not completely inhibit the production of angiotensin II and its effects, and adverse effects like cough and rise in creatinine have been associated with ACEI and reduced degradation of bradykinin. The first selective antagonist of the angiotensin II-1 (AT1) receptor, losartan, has recently been approved. The LIFE study has been started, in which 8,300 hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy in Scandinavia and the USA will be randomized to blinded treatment with either atenolol or losartan to compare the effects on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality over a period of five years.
authors.affiliation: Hjertemedisinsk avdeling, Medisinsk klinikk, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kjeldsen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Omvik
mesh_terms: D000803:Angiotensin I / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019808:Losartan; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D007093:Imidazoles; D013777:Tetrazoles; D000803:Angiotensin I; D019808:Losartan
vernacular_title: Losartan og LIFE-studien. Blodtrykkssenkende behandling med AT1-reseptorantagonist.