Angiotensin inhibition in heart failure
Survival in patients with heart failure remains very poor, and is worse than that for most common cancers, including bowel cancer in men and breast cancer in women. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is not completely blocked by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition. Blockade o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi - SAGE Publishing
2004-03-01
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Series: | Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System |
Online Access: | http://jra.sagepub.com/content/5/1_suppl/17.full.pdf |