ACE INHIBITOR

āˌsēˌēˈ, ās or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitorănˌjēōtĕnˈsĭn, drug used to reduce elevated blood pressure (see hypertension), to treat congestive heart failure, and to alleviate strain on hearts damaged as a result of a heart attack (see infarction). ACE inhibitors block production of an enzyme that helps convert the protein angiotensin 1 into angiotensin 2, a protein that makes blood vessels constrict and promotes retention of fluid, raising blood pressure. Thus ACE inhibitors act to widen the blood vessels and make it easier for the heart to pump blood through the body. captopril (Capoten), ramipril (Altace), and enalapril (Vasotec) are commonly used ACE inhibitors. Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), such as losartan (Cozaar) and valsartan (Diovan), reduce hypertension by displacing angiotensin 2 from receptors on the surface of cells. ARBs are used as alternatives to the less expensive ACE inhibitors because they have fewer side effects.

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books on: Ace Inhibitor  - 55 results

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Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression
Book by David Healy; New York University Press, 2004
Subjects: Depression, Mental--Chemotherapy, Fluoxetine, Psychotropic Drugs Industry, Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
...cannot proceed any faster than the speed of the science on which developments depend. In the case of the SSRIs, ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, and other agents, patenting in practice leads all companies to produce similar compounds...
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Hurst's the Heart: Manual of Cardiology
Book by Robert A. O'Rourke, Valentin Fuster, R. Wayne Alexander, Robert Roberts, Spencer B. King III, Hein J. J. Wellens; McGraw-Hill, 2001
Subjects: Cardiovascular System--Diseases, Heart--Diseases
...serum creatinine. ACE inhibitors will slow progression...fearful of using ACE inhibitors in patients with renal...baseline after the ACE inhibitor is begun. This acute...or better than ACE inhibitor is still uncertain...will be as good as ACE inhibitors in slow- ing the progression...
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Heart Disease in Women
Book by Susan Wilansky, James T. Willerson; Churchill Livingstone, 2002
Subjects: Heart Diseases In Women
treated with the ACE inhibitor compared with 3% of...Study) compared the ACE inhibitor captopril and the angiotensin...the aldosterone inhibitor spironolactone was added...therapies, including ACE inhibitors, in 1663 patients with...
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Hypertension in Diabetes
Book by Bryan Williams; Martin Dunitz, 2003
Subjects: Hypertension
...antiproteinuric effect of an ACE inhibitor in normotensive type II diabetic...albuminuria after 5 years of ACE inhibitor therapy in a group of Indian...Whether these effects of ACE inhibitors in normotensive patients will...antagonist with a converting enzyme inhibitor should result in a greater...
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Neuropsychology of Cardiovascular Disease
Book by Shari R. Waldstein, Merrill E Elias; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001
Subjects: Cardiovascular System--Diseases--Complications, Cardiovascular System--Diseases--Psychological Aspects, Neurobehavioral Disorders, Neurologic Manifestations Of General Diseases
...relatively trivial in most cases. ACE Inhibitors ACE inhibitors decrease concentrations of...vasodilation. Although ACE inhibitor action occurs outside the...angiotensin II caused by ACE inhibitors may enhance cognitive performance...
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journal articles on: Ace Inhibitor  - 40 results

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Randomization Inference with Imperfect Compliance in the ACE-Inhibitor after Anthracycline Randomized Trial
Journal article by Robert Greevy, Jeffrey H. Silber, Avital Cnaan, Paul R. Rosenbaum; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 99, 2004
Subjects: Pharmaceutical industry--Research, Pharmaceutical industry--Statistics, Statistics (Data)--Methods, Statistics (Data)--Research, Statistics--Methods, Statistics--Research
...Randomization Inference with Imperfect Compliance in the ACE-Inhibitor after Anthracycline Randomized Trial. by Robert Greevy...or angiography 10-20 years after diagnosis. The ACE-Inhibitor After Anthracycline (AAA) study (Silber et al...
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The Relationship between Medicare's Process of Care Quality Measures and Mortality
Journal article by Andrew M. Ryan, James F. Burgess Jr., Christopher P. Tompkins, Stanley S. Wallack; Inquiry, Vol. 46, 2009
Subjects: Medicare--Analysis, Medicare--Quality management, Mortality--Analysis, Mortality--United States
...angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, beta (beta) blocker at admission...discharge 88.3 91.5 92.0 ACE inhibitor 78.9 83.0 83.7 Composite...blocker at discharge 10.5 4.5 ACE inhibitor 11.9 6.6 Composite 1 .99...
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Effects of Air Pollution on Heart Rate Variability: The VA Normative Aging Study
Journal article by Sung Kyun Park, Marie S. O'Neill, Pantel S. Vokonas, David Sparrow, Joel Schwartz; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005
Subjects: Air pollution
...14.1) blocker n (%) Use of ACE inhibitor 100 (20.1) n (%) HRV Log...calcium-channel blocker, and/or ACE inhibitor; room temperature; season...5 (-5.8 to 62.0) Use of ACE inhibitor Outcome, predictor No (n = 397...
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Pollutant Particles Produce Vasoconstriction and Enhance MAPK Signaling Via Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor
Journal article by Zhuowei Li, Jacqueline D. Carter, Lisa A. Dailey, Yuh-Chin T. Huang; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 113, 2005
Subjects: Air pollution
...converting enzyme (ACE), we further determined...100 microM), an ACE inhibitor, for 30 min before...tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, may also activate...A2. Our results that inhibitors of ERK1/2 and p38...inhibited by captopril, an ACE inhibitor, the ACE activity appeared...
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Design and Analysis of Trials of Combination Therapies *
Journal article by James D. Hosking, Ron A. Cisler, David J. Couper, David R. Gastfriend, Daniel R. Kivlahan, Raymond F. Anton; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 66, 2005
Subjects: Alcoholism--Care and treatment, Clinical trials--Analysis, Clinical trials--Management, Combination drug therapy--Research
...combinations of <br/ antihy-pertensive agents Factor B: ACE inhibitor Level 0 Level 1 (control) (active) <br/ Factor...Reference cell coding in a 2 x 2 factorial design Factor B: ACE inhibitor Level 0 Level 1 (control) (active) <br/ Factor...
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Ace Inhibitors Help Heart Patients
Magazine article; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 277, January 2005
Subjects: ACE inhibitors, Cardiovascular disease
Ace Inhibitors Help Heart Patients Almost a third of heart failure patients...not receive an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, according to a recent report. ACE inhibitors-on the market for nearly two decades-block the harmful...
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How to Take Your Medicine: Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Magazine article by Igor Cerny; FDA Consumer, Vol. 25, May 1991
Subjects: ACE inhibitors--Dosage and administration, Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors--Dosage and administration, Angiotensin converting enzyme--Physiological aspects
...start taking an ACE inhibitor. If these serious...stop taking an ACE inhibitor on your own. ACE inhibitors can sometimes cause...Diabetic patients show ACE inhibitors urine for acetone...while on an ACE inhibitor. Captopril is...
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Angiotensin Ii Inhibition: Expanding the Roles of Ace Inhibitors and Arbs
Magazine article by Steven T. Boyd, Deborah S. King; Drug Topics, Vol. 146, June 3, 2002
Subjects: Cardiovascular disease, Drug therapy, Heart failure, Hypertension, Prescription drugs, United States
...guidelines, ACE inhibitors are recommended...intolerant of ACE inhibitor therapy Updated...All of the ACE inhibitors are indicated...failure. The ACE inhibitors are indicated...receive an ACE inhibitor unless it is...
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Studies Show Ace Inhibitors Beneficial to Cardiac Patients
Magazine article by Sean Henahan; Drug Topics, Vol. 136, May 18, 1992
Subjects: Cardiovascular disease, Effectiveness, Pharmaceuticals, Research, United States
...effects of the ACE inhibitor--i...news regarding ACE inhibitors and heart failure...effects of the ACE inhibitor enalapril (Vasotec...administered ACE inhibitors. This included...reasons to use ACE inhibitors, not only to improve...individual an ACE inhibitor." The SAVE trial...
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Ace Inhibitors Given a Key Role in Heart Failure
Magazine article by Katie Rodgers; Drug Topics, Vol. 138, August 8, 1994
Subjects: Prescription drugs, Recommendations, United States
...months, a slew of ACE inhibitors--Accupril (quinapril...several other ACE inhibitors are under investigation...heart failure. ACE inhibitors currently represent...guidelines would impact ACE inhibitor sales, Arvind Desai...
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newspaper articles on: Ace Inhibitor  - 44 results

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Heart Drug Cuts Cancer Risk; Blood Pressure Pills May Boost War on Diseases That Kill 30,000 a Year
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 24, 2006
Subjects: ACE inhibitors--Casualties, ACE inhibitors--Health aspects, Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors--Casualties, Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors--Health aspects, Blood pressure--Casualties, Blood pressure--Health aspects, Cancer prevention--Casualties, Cancer prevention--Health aspects, Cancer research--Casualties, Cancer research--Drug therapy, Cancer research--Health aspects, Cancer treatment--Casualties, Cancer treatment--Health aspects, Cancer--Care and treatment, Cancer--Casualties, Cancer--Drug therapy, Cancer--Health aspects, Cancer--Prevention, Cancer--Research, Cardiovascular agents--Casualties, Cardiovascular agents--Health aspects, Oncology, Experimental--Casualties, Oncology, Experimental--Drug therapy, Oncology, Experimental--Health aspects
...study found that taking ACE inhibitors halves the...the findings. ACE inhibitors are currently prescribed...taking some kind of ACE inhibitor for heart and blood...around 40 per cent use ACE inhibitors. This suggests around...Prescriptions of ACE inhibitors are likely to rise...took a kind of ACE inhibitor called Coversyl in...
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How Blood Pressure Pill 'Makes OAPs More Active'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 11, 2007
Subjects: ACE inhibitors, Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, Blood pressure
...The effect of a regular dose of ACE inhibitors was the same as taking regularexercise...angiotensin-converting-enzyme(ACE) inhibitor drug, while others were given...possible health benefits fromACE inhibitors and other heart drugs. He said...
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Health; Blood Pressure Drugs Can Prevent Strokes, Heart Attacks - Studies
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 2, 2008
Subjects: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular agents, Heart attack--Drug therapy, Heart attack--Prevention, Hypertension--Drug therapy, Hypertension--Prevention, Stroke (Disease)--Drug therapy, Stroke (Disease)--Prevention, Stroke--Drug therapy, Stroke--Prevention
...combining a diuretic and the ACE inhibitor benazepril versus a daily pill...channel blocker, amlodipine. ACE inhibitors dilate blood vessels to lower...indapamide or dummy pills plus the ACE inhibitor perindopril as needed to reach...
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Blood Pressure Drug Could Cause 8,000 Diabetes Cases a Year
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 7, 2006
...blocker called amlodipine and the ace-inhibitor perindopril, and in this group 34...heart, slowing down its action. New ace-inhibitor drugs work by blocking...doctor decided to change me to an ace-inhibitor in February. I take...
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2 MILLION WARNED ON BLOOD PRESSURE TABLETS; Patients Will Be Switched from Beta Blockers to New Drugs over Stroke Risk
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 28, 2006
...generation of drugs including ACE inhibitors, diuretics and...treat blood pressure. ACE inhibitors are also used to treat other...pressure. These drugs - ACE inhibitors, diuretics and calcium channel...are likely to be given ACE inhibitors. Over-55s who are newly...Doctors may later add an ACE inhibitor. If their blood pressure...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ace Inhibitor  - 3 results

 
 
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Ace Inhibitor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACE INHIBITOR a se e , as or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor an jeoten sin, drug used to reduce elevated blood...a result of a heart attack (see infarction ). ACE inhibitors block production of an enzyme that helps convert...
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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR see ACE inhibitor . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Angiotensin-Receptor Blocker
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANGIOTENSIN-RECEPTOR BLOCKER see under ACE inhibitor . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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