Currently, AT-II-receptor antagonists are used either as monotherapy in patients who cannot tolerate ACE inhibitors or in combination with other antihypertensive agents. Angiotensin II-receptor ...

Angiotensin receptor blockers are used to treat hypertension, systolic congestive heart failure and as nephroprotection in diabetic nephropathy. They are also used during acute myocardial ...

Cardiovascular diseases are the world's leading cause of death, and high blood pressure, or hypertension, affects more than 1 ...

Thus, the potential advantages of angiotensin II-receptor antagonism have spurred the development of many ARBs. Losartan, introduced in 1995, was the first ARB indicated for use in the treatment ...

On Medindia find the complete list of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers drugs with their available forms and strength. More information is available on each drug including their price list.

A recent study from Geisinger Medical Center has found that two types of drugs used to treat high blood pressure for the ...

—David Charytan, MD, MSc, Chief of the Nephrology Division at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, discusses the use of ACE inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers, and newer ...

Adults recently diagnosed with immunoglobulin A nephropathy who were assigned sparsentan as first-line therapy experienced rapid and sustained reductions in proteinuria, according to ...

High-dose angiotensin ... Although aldosterone antagonists could be an effective and less expensive alternative to ARBs for combination therapy with ACE inhibitors, their use is associated with ...

In addition to their capacity to lower systemic blood pressure, angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin-II receptor blockers ... advocating the use of these drugs in ...