Aldosterone inhibition and cardiovascular protection: More important than it once appeared

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 345-350

  Martinez, Felipe A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Aldosterone antagonists; Cardiovascular protection; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; EPLERENONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR 1; PLACEBO; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; ENDOTHELIUM; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; RECEPTORS, ALDOSTERONE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SPIRONOLACTONE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 78149330233     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-010-6256-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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