Use of an angiotensin-II antagonist to manufacture drugs to increase survival of kidney transplant patients

摘要

The present invention relates to the use, for the preparation of drugs to increase the survival rate of transplant patients, including renal and heart transplant patients, of a therapeutically effective amount of an angiotension II receptor antagonist compound, such as the class of substituted imidazoles represented by formula (I) and in particular by losartan potassium, 2-butyl-4-chloro-[(2'-tetrazol-5-yl)biphenyl-4-il]methyl]-5-(hydroxymethyl)imidazole potassium salt.