CUMULATIVE CARDIO-VASCULAR RISK IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS: EFFECTS OF ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in patients with vascular disease.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) have a beneficial effect on oxidative stress, endothelial function, vascular remodelling, and the progression of atherosclerosis in animal experiments independent of their effect on reducing blood pressure. ACEIs have also been shown to decrease cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with vascular disease. While these results have bee...

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme in Sarcoidosis

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.

The purpose of this brief review is to separate the characteristic properties and side effects attributable to the pharmacology of the whole class of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors from those attributable to the chemical structure and kinetics of each particular ACE inhibitor. The former would be predictable and probably similar for all agents and, therefore, would be expected t...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.

ACE inhibitors have achieved widespread usage in the treatment of cardiovascular and renal disease. ACE inhibitors alter the balance between the vasoconstrictive, salt-retentive, and hypertrophic properties of angiotensin II (Ang II) and the vasodilatory and natriuretic properties of bradykinin and alter the metabolism of a number of other vasoactive substances. ACE inhibitors differ in the che...

Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme in Patients with Psoriasis

Background: Controversial data concerning the elevation of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme in psoriasis are reported in the literature. In order to verify whether this abnormality exists in Iranian patients, we performed this study. Method: Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme level was measured in 40 psoriatics. According to clinical forms of psoriasis, patients were further divided into th...