An angiotensin II receptor antagonist attenuates left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction in the hypertensive rat - Concepedia

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An angiotensin II receptor antagonist attenuates left ventricular dilatation after myocardial infarction in the hypertensive rat

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1995

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Toshio Nishikimi, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, K. Takeuchi, T. Takeda

Cardiovascular Research

Abstract

Hypertension accelerates left ventricular dilatation and haemodynamic alterations following myocardial infarction in rats. These effects are attenuated by an angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist as well as by an ACE inhibitor.