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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Main Author: John JV McMurray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2004-03-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:http://jra.sagepub.com/content/5/1_suppl/S17.full.pdf