The Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System: A Personal Perspective and Festschrift for John H. Laragh, MD
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John H. Laragh, MD: Clinician-Scientist
John Laragh is an outstanding clinician-scientist who discovered that renin, a mostly forgotten kidney hormone, causes essential hypertension1,2 and its complications.3 This discovery led to two new classes of drugs, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers, which revolutionized the treatment of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and kidney disease...
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Although I did not have the privilege of working with John Laragh in the laboratory or in the clinic, his visionary research has inspired me and many others interested in the problem of hypertension. John led the charge that opened up the modern phase of hypertension management in which physicians began to recognize the importance of tailoring therapy to the needs of the individual patient. He ...
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John Laragh’s extensive contributions to the field of hypertension and particularly to the pharmacologic treatment of those affected are well documented and widely admired. From the high quality and great quantity of his work it might have been assumed that he operated as the head of a very large research group whose members were primarily responsive to him and specifically selected by him and ...
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606 Clinic, Cornell University—New York Hospital, New York. During a 2-year fellowship, Dr. Andrzej Januszewicz was involved in research group studies focused on the biological actions of atrial natriuretic peptide in the pathogenesis of arterial hypertension, which led him to come up with several important observations. The research group, as one of the first, purified, synthesized, and descri...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1941-7225,0895-7061
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpu112