The angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) losartan led to hypotension and failed to improve mortality in patients hospitalized for acute COVID-19, according to the randomized, prospective -- and ...

Credit: Getty Images. Currently, ACE inhibitors and ARBs are both recommended as first-line therapies for the treatment of hypertension according to US and European guidelines. Angiotensin receptor ...

May 5 (UPI) --Certain high blood pressure medications have been linked with more serious illness from COVID-19, but they don't increase a person's risk for getting the disease, a new study published ...

James Diaz, MD, MHA, MPH & TM, Dr PH, Professor and Head of Environmental Health Sciences at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, has proposed a possible explanation for the severe lung ...

Do ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) offer renal protection to patients with diabetes or renal disease?— Negeen Farmand, PA-C, Los Angeles When should a clinician stop an ACE ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Age at diagnosis of lupus nephritis and cumulative prednisone dose—not non-use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)—are the ...

In addition to their capacity to lower systemic blood pressure, angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin-II receptor blockers (ARBs) are thought to have specific renoprotective ...

Close-up of senior black woman sorting weekly medication. Member of a black middle class America family. Currently, ACE inhibitors and ARBs are both recommended as first-line therapies for the ...