Angiotensin receptor blockers may increase risk of myocardial infarction: unraveling the ARB-MI paradox

Circulation. 2006 Aug 22;114(8):838-54. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.594986.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin II / physiology
  • Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists*
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology*
  • Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1 / physiology*
  • Receptors, Angiotensin / physiology
  • Renin-Angiotensin System / physiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / physiology

Substances

  • Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
  • Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
  • Receptors, Angiotensin
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Angiotensin II