The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is a longitudinal cohort study of African, Chinese and Hispanic Americans, as well as non-Hispanic Whites. Details about the study design have been ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between insulin, the renin-aldosterone system and blood pressure in obese subjects. The aim of this work was to study the relationship between insulin and the ...

In this rapidly evolving setting, clinicians are weighing the alleged harm of continuing these medications in patients for whom ACE inhibitors and ARBs have known benefit against the harm to their ...

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Key Takeaways Obesity can increase the heart's workload, leading to high blood ...

AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is associated with aberrant pulmonary vascular remodeling that leads to increased pulmonary artery pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, and right ...

Utility of the Breast Cancer Index (BCI) in the clinical practice. CD205, a target antigen for a novel ADC: Evaluation of antigen expression on TNBC, pancreatic adenocarcinoma and bladder urothelial ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers conducted an umbrella review and meta-analysis of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors' impact on ...

An aldosterone antagonist (AA) should be the drug of choice when adding a second renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) blocker to ACE inhibitors in patients with symptomatic systolic HF despite ...

When you have high blood pressure, also called hypertension, finding the reason for it can help you get the right treatment. A renin test can shed light on what’s happening in your body. Your doctor ...

Recent cohort studies report that patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and hypertension or diabetes have an increased risk of respiratory failure and death; such patients are often ...

Studies in animals have shown that ACE2 is used by coronaviruses as a functional receptor. ARBs and ACE inhibitors increase the expression of ACE2; a hypothesis that their use may modify ...