Comparative assessment of angiotensin receptor blockers in different clinical settings

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 939-948

  Verdecchia, Paolo ^a   Angeli, Fabio ^a   Repaci, Salvatore ^a   Mazzotta, Giovanni ^a   Gentile, Giorgio ^b   Reboldi, Gianpaolo ^b  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eprosartan; Hypertension; Irbesartan; Losartan; Olmesartan; Renin angiotensin system; Telmisartan; Valsartan

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CANDESARTAN; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; EPROSARTAN; IRBESARTAN; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; OLMESARTAN; PLACEBO; QUINAPRIL; RAMIPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; TELMISARTAN; VALSARTAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROGNOSIS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 74049162880     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s7263     Document Type: Review

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