Question

A 65-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and albumin:creatinine ratio of 12 mg/mmol is found to have an eGFR of 52 mL/min/1.73 m² and blood pressure 146/88 mmHg. What is the single most appropriate first-line agent to reduce his progression of kidney disease and cardiovascular risk?

Accepted Answer

ACE inhibitor titrated to maximum tolerated dose

Answer

Thiazide-like diuretic alone

Answer

Calcium-channel blocker alone

Answer

Loop diuretic

Answer

Alpha-blocker

Practice question

A 65-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and albumin:creatinine ratio of 12 mg/mmol is found to have an eGFR of 52 mL/min/1.73 m² and blood pressure 146/88 mmHg. What is the single most appropriate first-line agent to reduce his progression of kidney disease and cardiovascular risk?