Angiotensin II receptor blockade and end-organ protection: Pharmacological rationale and evidence

Journal of Hypertension, Supplement

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages

  Unger, Thomas ^a   Culman, Juraj ^a   Gohlke, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Angiotensin receptors; AT1 receptor antagonists; Congestive heart failure; Diabetes; End organ protection; Hypertension; Irbesartan; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Myocardial infarction; Renin angiotensin system; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SODIUM ION; WATER;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0031720741     PISSN: 09521178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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