Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) expression by myeloid cells is increased in response to infection. Forced ACE overexpression in mouse macrophages increases their ability to respond to infection ...

Blood pressure medicines are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in the world. Millions of people take them every day to ...

Losartan may help stop the epileptic process in certain patients with hypertension. An observational study that analyzed medical records of 2.26 million patients with hypertension found a roughly 30% ...

In this study, we used the linked electronic health care records of 5.6 million persons in the United Kingdom from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) 4 to investigate the incidence of ...

Role of the RAAS in the Pathophysiology of Heart Failure ACE inhibitors have no effect on angiotensin II formed by alternate pathways. In contrast, ARBs would be expected to inhibit the biologic ...

In this rapidly evolving setting, clinicians are weighing the alleged harm of continuing these medications in patients for whom ACE inhibitors and ARBs have known benefit against the harm to their ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common heart rhythm disorder. With AFib, the beating of the upper chambers of your heart (the atria) becomes irregular, and blood has a harder time reaching ...

Cardiovascular illnesses, such as high blood pressure and heart problems, are often treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. The ACE inhibitors lower blood pressure by relaxing ...