The goal of this study was to determine the association between the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) and follow-up heart failure (HF) according to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Increase of chymase-dependent angiotensin II-forming activity in circulating mononuclear leukocytes after acute myocardial infarction chymase activity after acute myocardial infarction.
Angiotensin II receptor blockers suppress the release of stromal cell-derived factor-1α from infarcted myocardium in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Provide Better Long-Term Survival Benefits to Patients With AMI Than Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers After Survival Hospital Discharge.
We aimed to study urotensin II (UII) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients before and after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and to investigate its interaction with angiotensin II (ATII) in post-AMI myocardial remodeling.
Incidence of and Risk Factors for Severe Adverse Events in Elderly Patients Taking Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers after an Acute Myocardial Infarction.
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers Are Associated With Improved Outcome but Do Not Prevent New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Acute Myocardial Infarction.
Conclusion Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin II receptor blocker use is similar in preventing major cardiovascular outcomes regarding acute myocardial infarction, stroke and heart failure/hospitalisation.
The purpose of the present study was to assess whether the polymorphism of angiotensinogen (AGT) gene with threonine (T) instead of methionine (M) at amino acid 235 in exon 2 (M235T) had effects on cardiac remodelling after acute myocardial infarction.
However, the haplotype CCC was associated with higher overall IMT without plaques in women (p = 0.01, haplotypic effect +0.03 mm), the haplotype CCT with higher IMT without plaques in the internal carotid artery in men (p = 0.001, +0.11), while the haplotype AGT was associated with reduced AMI risk (p = 0.015, OR = 0.46).
Neurohormones such as angiotensin II or aldosterone may be activated secondary to congestive heart failure or in the course of an acute myocardial infarction.