Summary: Changes to gastric pH, gastric emptying time, gastrointestinal transit-time or the pre-systemic metabolizing effect of enzymes secreted in the mucosa may all alter the pharmacokinetics of medicines. These factors are potentially influenced by bariatric surgery. Little is so far known about how gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy impacts the biological availability of medication. In this study th...

Summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of sacubitril/valsartan on cardiac function assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in hypertensive patients stratified by BMI.

Summary: The goal of this placebo-controlled, double-blinded cross-over trial is to test whether patiromer, compared with placebo, better enables up-titration of RAAS-blocker treatment in patients with chronic kidney disease stage 3b/4. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does patiromer allow uptitration of irbesartan, resulting in a significant reduction in albuminuria and blood pressure? * Does p...

Summary: Despite the available means of treating primary arterial hypertension, the prevalence of hypertensive patients with inadequately controlled blood pressure levels, remains high. The identification of biomarkers with prognostic and predictive roles seems to play an important role in the management of hypertensive patients. Proteomic analysis studies provide encouraging results in the identification ...

Summary: Purpose and rationale The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of high dose Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS)-antagonists and beta-blocker treatment for the primary prevention of cardiac events in a population of patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with no evidence of a preexisting cardiac disease. An additional aim is to demonstrate an interaction between concentrations of amino...