Hypertension and diabetes are becoming increasingly common. Clinical trials have
demonstrated the importance of tight blood pressure control among patients with diabetes …

Iodinated contrast media are a frequent cause of acute renal failure, especially in patients
whose renal function is already impaired. In addition to hydration, which remains the most …

Background Acute cardiovascular events represent a therapeutic challenge. Blood pressure
lowering drugs are commonly used and recommended in the early phase of these settings …

See page 693 There is obviously a great deal more to care of the third stage of labour than
whether or not to administer an oxytocic agent to prevent postpartum haemorrhage. Yet the …

Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are common diseases in the United States. Patients with
diabetes have a much higher rate of hypertension than would be expected in the general …

Recent trials in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes reveal important differences in the
risk for major cardiovascular events when individual agents are compared. In the Fosinopril …

A simple, rapid, isocratic, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has
been developed for the first time for simultaneous determination of Metformin and ACE …

Experimental evidence suggests that endothelin substantially contributes to left ventricular
remodelling and progression of heart failure. Plasma endothelin (ET)-l levels are increased …

OBJECTIVE To verify the efficacy of the combination of captopril (75 mg day) and losartan
(25 mg/day) in early postinfarction phases of reperfused anterior acute myocardial infarction …

Since angiotensin II is an established target of pharmacological interventions, there is an
increasing interest in the biological effects and metabolism of other vasoactive peptides like …