Cardiac angiotensin is upregulated in the hearts of unstable angina patients

Circulation Research

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1530-1532

  Luft, Friedrich C ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Aldosterone; Angiotensin; Renin; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; RAMIPRIL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VALSARTAN;

CELL INFILTRATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; RAMIPRIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; TETRAZOLES; VALINE;

EID: 3042740956     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000134762.66794.16     Document Type: Editorial

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