University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have obtained important new insights into how our bodies regulate our ...

Evidence suggests that virtually every organ system in the human body possesses a local renin–angiotensin system (RAS). These local systems seem to be independently regulated and compartmentalized ...

In this study, Nagata et al. demonstrated that both treatments with an Ang II type 1 receptor blocker (ARB) and an ACE inhibitor (ACEi) suppressed blood pressure in SHR, and these treatments increased ...

Unique Characteristics of Hypertension in Blacks That Influence BP Responses to Drugs That Block the Renin-Angiotensin Activating System (RAAS) Blockade of the RAAS in Blacks for Cardiovascular and ...

Fourteen normotensive and 14 hypertensive black men with mild essential low-renin hypertension were examined during two protocols producing sodium depletion (less than 40 mmol sodium diet per day) for ...

Researchers have discovered a possible added benefit of a novel new drug that lowers blood pressure.They found in animal studies that aliskiren not only lowered blood pressure but also significantly ...