ACE inhibitors and anaesthesia.

ACE inhibitors and anaesthesia.

During the last decade, two angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, captopril and enalapril, have become accepted into clinical practice and are regarded as effective treatments for hypertension and congestive cardiac failure.' A third agent, lisinopril, had recently become available and others are likely to be introduced in the near future. It is clear, therefore, that more patients, w...

ACE, ACE inhibitors, and other JNK.

The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of blood pressure, volume homeostasis, vascular function, and cell growth. In what is considered the classic RAS, renin is released from juxtaglomerular cells of the kidney into the circulation where it converts angiotensinogen from the liver to angiotensin I. Angiotensin I is subsequently hydrolyzed by a peptidyl dipepti...

eComment: Statins and ACE-inhibitors.

Pneumonia and ACE inhibitors--and cough.

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are widely used to treat heart failure and hypertension. They act through blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II; this inhibits the breakdown of bradykinin, which in turn lowers arteriole resistance and increases venous return. Many patients taking ACE inhibitors experience a persistent dry cough, which is thought to be caused b...

Ace Inhibitors: a Comprehensive Review

Hypertension is a chronic increase in blood pressure, characterized as primary and secondary hypertension. The disorder is associated with various risk factors like obesity, diabetes, age, lack of exercise etc. Hypertension is being treated since ancient times by Ayurvedic, Chinese and Unani medicine. Now various allopathic drugs are available which include diuretics, calcium channel blockers, ...