Abstract:Virdis A, Ghiadoni L, Favilla S, Duranti P, Taddei S, Salvetti A. Relationship between the circulating and vascular renin-angiotensin system and the vasodilating effect of captopril in human hypertension. Blood Pressure 1999; 8: 85-93.A vascular renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is present in the forearm vasculature of essential hypertensive patients and is closely related to the circulating renin profile. To test whether the haemodynamic effect of acute intrabrachial administration of captopril is related to the… Show more
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