Effect of Ramipril vs Amlodipine on Renal Outcomes in Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis

Lawrence Y. Agodoa, MD; LawrenceAppel, MD, MPH; George L. Bakris, MD;Gerald Beck, PhD; Jacques Bourgoignie,MD; Josephine P. Briggs, MD; JeanneCharleston, RN; DeAnna Cheek, MD;William Cleveland, MD; Janice G. Douglas,MD; Margaret Douglas, MPH; DonnaDowie, MD; Marquetta Faulkner, MD;Avril Gabriel, RN; Jennifer Gassman, PhD;Tom Greene, PhD; Yvette Hall, RN;Lee Hebert, MD; Leena Hiremath, PhD;KennethJamerson,MD;CarolynJ.Johnson,RN; Joel Kopple, MD; John Kusek, PhD;James Lash, MD; Janice Lea, MD; Julia B.Lewis, MD; Michael Lipkowitz, PhD; ShaulMassry,MD;JohnMiddleton,MD;EdgarR.Miller III, MD; Keith Norris, MD; DanielO’Connor, MD; Akinlou Ojo, MD; RobertA. Phillips, MD, PhD; Velvie Pogue, MD;Mahboob Rahman, MD, MS; Otelio S.Randall, MD; Stephen Rostand, MD;Gerald Schulman, MD; Winifred Smith,MPH; Denyse Thornley-Brown, MD;C. Craig Tisher, MD; Robert D. Toto, MD;Jackson T. Wright, Jr, MD, PhD; ShichenXu, MD; for the African American Studyof Kidney Disease and Hypertension(AASK) Study Group