Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are oral medications that lower blood pressure. They are used to treat a variety of heart-related conditions including high blood pressure, coronary ...

Angioedema is also seen with angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) therapy but much less frequently than with ACE inhibitors. The mechanism for angioedema with ARB therapy remains poorly defined.

In theory, the effects on vasculature and clinical outcome might be even greater with ARBs as compared to ACE inhibitors since ARBs might block angiotensin II formed by non-ACE pathways and the ...

A recent study has found that two common types of medicine used to treat high blood pressure—ACE inhibitors and ARBs—are equally effective. However, ARBs may cause fewer side effects ...

We present two patients with ACE inhibitor-induced upper respiratory symptoms that improved after the discontinuation of ACE-inhibitors and substitution with angiotensin II receptor blockers. The ...

Instead, a different type of medication called thiazide diuretics may work better and cause fewer side effects. Doctors have ...

ACE inhibitors keep the body from making a hormone called angiotensin II, which causes blood vessels to narrow. These medications lower blood pressure by helping constricted blood vessels expand ...

ACE2 is thought to counterbalance ACE in the renin-angiotensin system. While presently it is advised that patients should continue to use ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers, questions ...

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