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 ...

Older patients with hypertension are often inadequately treated due to misconceptions regarding reasonable goal blood pressures or concerns about treatment side effects. Adequately treating ...

Medically reviewed by Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is a kidney condition where antibodies (immune system ...

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% ...

A class of drugs already on the market to lower blood pressure appears to reduce adults' risk of developing epilepsy, Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues have discovered. The finding ...

In patients with hypertension, starting therapy with an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) is associated with the best ...

Treatment with an ACE inhibitor or angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) is associated with decreased left ventricular (LV) mass but not a decrease in cardiovascular event risk in hemodialysis (HD) ...

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