Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are a class of oral medications that act primarily through blockade of the angiotensin receptor. The effects of angiotensin include vasoconstriction and ...

Most important among these are selectivity for the angiotensin type 1 receptor and a lack of agonist activity at this receptor site. All the agents are orally administered; bioavailability is ...

BACKGROUND: Limited evidence exists on the prognostic role of continuing medical therapy in patients with heart failure (HF) ...

The virus can bind to the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor—the same receptor used by SARS-CoV-2 to infect human cells.

[8,14,18,19,20] The most frequent adverse reaction, as observed in a clinical trial of 2900 patients assessing the safety and tolerability of losartan, 20 was dizziness, reported by 4.1% of ...

1), although many of the leading compounds are available as generics. In terms of branded sales, the angiotensin II receptor blocker class dominates with five of the top ten antihypertensives ...