Hypertension Hot Potato - Anatomy of the Angiotensin-Receptor Blocker Recalls

N Engl J Med. 2019 Apr 25;380(17):1589-1591. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1901657. Epub 2019 Mar 13.

Authors

J Brian Byrd¹, Glenn M Chertow¹, Vivek Bhalla¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and the University of Michigan Hypertension Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (J.B.B.); and the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, and the Stanford Hypertension Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (G.M.C., V.B.).

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / chemistry*
Dimethylnitrosamine / isolation & purification
Drug Contamination / legislation & jurisprudence*
Drug Recalls*
Humans
Hypertension / drug therapy
Irbesartan / chemistry*
Losartan / chemistry*
Nitrosamines / isolation & purification*
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
Valsartan / chemistry*

Substances

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers
Nitrosamines
Valsartan
Irbesartan
Losartan
Dimethylnitrosamine

Grants and funding

K23 HL128909/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States