ACEi and ARBS in Hypertension and Heart Failure

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Perrone Filardi, Pasquale (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Current Cardiovascular Therapy ; 5
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Pharmacotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book summarizes how the renin angiotensin system is implicated in the progression of atherosclerotic disease as well as of left ventricular dysfunction and reviews the action of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and AT1 receptor antagonists on reducing morbidity and mortality in patients...

Table of Contents:

• Pathogenetic mechanisms of RAS involvement in cardiovascular diseases
• Antiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and at1 antagonists for treatment of hypertension.- Renin angiotensin system antagonism in heart failure
• Impact of co-morbidities on RAS inhibitors choice in hypertensive and heart failure patients
• Target organ damage and RAS blockade.