title: No improvement of patient or graft survival in transplant recipients treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers: a collaborative transplant study report.
abstract: It was reported recently that treatment of kidney transplant recipients with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) or angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARB) is associated with strikingly improved long-term graft and patient survival. This finding has important implications for future posttransplantation therapy recommendations. In an analysis of 17,209 kidney and 1744 heart transplant recipients, an association of treatment with ACEI/ARB with improved transplant outcome could not be confirmed. It is concluded that recommendations for a widespread use of ACEI/ARB treatment in transplant recipients are unwarranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. gerhard.opelz@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Opelz
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeier
authors.forename: Gunter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laux
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morath
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Döhler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors