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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors : scientific basis for clinical use / by Lionel H. Opie ; introduction by Victor Dzau ; foreword by Alberto Zanchetti.

Title
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors : scientific basis for clinical use / by Lionel H. Opie ; introduction by Victor Dzau ; foreword by Alberto Zanchetti.
Author
Opie, Lionel H.
Publication
New York : Wiley-Liss : Author's Pub. House, [1994], ©1994.

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Description
xiv, 316 pages : illustrations; 26 x 12 cm
Subject
  • Angiotensin converting enzyme > Therapeutic use
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors > therapeutic use
  • Hypertension > Chemotherapy
  • Hypertension > drug therapy
  • Kidney Diseases > drug therapy
  • Kidneys > Chemotherapy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduction / V. Dzau -- Foreword to the First Edition / A. Zanchetti -- Ch. 1. The Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and Other Proposed Sites of Action of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors -- Ch. 2. ACE Inhibitors for Hypertension -- Ch. 3. ACE Inhibitors and the Kidney -- Ch. 4. ACE Inhibitors and the Heart -- Ch. 5. ACE Inhibitors for Congestive Heart Failure -- Ch. 6. ACE Inhibitors and the Central Nervous System -- Ch. 7. ACE Inhibitors: Specific Agents: Pharmacokinetics -- Ch. 8. ACE Inhibitors: Side-Effects and Contraindications -- Ch. 9. ACE Inhibitors: Drug Combinations and Interactions -- Ch. 10. ACE Inhibitors, Vascular Structure, and Arterial Disease in Hypertension -- Ch. 11. ACE Inhibitors, Coronary Artery Disease, Ischemia, Arrhythemias, and Postinfarct Protection. Other Preventative Studies -- Ch. 12. ACE Inhibitors and Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome. Diabetic Nephropathy. Ageing.
  • Appendix 1: Summary of pharmacologic properties, clinical indications, and doses of ACE inhibitors -- Appendix 2: ACE inhibitors: side-effects and contraindications.
ISBN
  • 1881063046 (APH)
  • 0471111953 (Wiley-Liss)
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries