Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, diuretic and no treatment at all, ...

Role of the RAAS in the Pathophysiology of Heart Failure ACE inhibitors have no effect on angiotensin II formed by alternate pathways. In contrast, ARBs would be expected to inhibit the biologic ...

Older patients with hypertension are often inadequately treated due to misconceptions regarding reasonable goal blood pressures or concerns about treatment side effects. Adequately treating ...

Angiotensin II, the principal effector peptide of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), has potent vasoconstrictive and other effects that can lead to cardiac and renal complications.

The use of angiotensin II receptor antagonists, particularly generic valsartan, losartan and irbesartan, decreased since being recalled for potentially carcinogenic impurities, according to a research ...

Antihypertensive drugs that inhibit the renin–angiotensin system (RAS) have been proposed to have additional benefits beyond their classic effects on the cardiovascular system, including reducing the ...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers are antihypertensive medicines used to treat high blood pressure. While the enzyme inhibitors work by reducing the level of ...

Adult male SHR Izm s (n=24), obtained from the Disease Model Cooperation Research Association (Tokyo, Japan), were used to investigate remodeling-associated electrophysiological changes. To evaluate ...

A new study published in the journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology showed that calcium-channel blockers (CCB) ...

Recent concerns that common antihypertensive drugs may have a negative effect in COVID-19 patients are not supported by the evidence, report scientists in a new review published in Mayo Clinic ...

Scientists have discovered a new generation of angiotensin receptor blockers that may be used to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In silico docking and molecular dynamics studies have shown ...

image: Drugs that inhibit a hormone that constricts blood vessels also help improve sodium excretion in blacks who hold onto too much sodium in the face of stress, investigators report. Pictured is Dr ...