A recent New England Journal of Medicine article proposed "endothelialitis" as the unifying mechanism for the widespread pathology of COVID-19. In a prior Medscape interview, Medscape contributor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . RAS blockers had similar mortality benefit by race in patients with HFrEF. RAS blockers improved HF ...

The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is a highly regulated hormonal cascade that plays a central role in the control of blood pressure and the maintenance of renal homeostasis. Its components, including ...

If renin-angiotensin system inhibitors are indicated in patients with advanced CKD, they should not be stopped just because of low eGFR, investigators concluded. Discontinuing renin-angiotensin system ...

pills Findings may aid physicians in their clinical decision-making in the absence of randomized clinical trial data, according to investigators. Halting renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors in ...

A new study from Sweden cautions against routine discontinuation of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). A new study from Sweden cautions against ...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists have become an important tool for the treatment of hypertension and its cardiovascular complications. Inhibition ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers from the Netherlands have identified benefits and risks associated with stopping renin-angiotensin ...

Even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to smolder and flare up in various parts of the world, researchers are still trying to make sense of the virus, its routes of spread, its target tissues, and ...

The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) becomes active at low blood pressure and forms angiotensin II, a hormone that causes blood vessels to constrict, causing blood pressure to rise again. The enzyme ...

Circulating tumor cells (CTC) in mesothelioma and its cytomorphological and immunohistochemical correlation with the primary tumor specimens. Fluorodeoxiglucose (FDG)-avidity at positron emission ...