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New angiotensins data have been reported by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Published in Blood Weekly, May 20th, 2010

Research findings, 'Soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in human heart failure: relation with myocardial function and clinical outcomes,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from the United States, "Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is an endogenous counterregulator of the renin-angiotensin system. The relationship between soluble ACE2 (sACE2), myocardial function, and clinical outcomes in patients with chronic systolic heart failure is not well established."

"We measured sACE2 activity in 113 patients with chronic systolic heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] <or=35%, New York Heart Association Class II-IV). Comprehensive...

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