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Angiotensins

Research conducted at B.R. Haymore and co-authors has provided new information about angiotensins

Published in Respiratory Therapeutics Week, December 22nd, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "Patients who have angioedema after taking angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) have been reported to develop angioedema when taking an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), but few studies quantify the risk. To perform a systematic review of the literature."

"A literature search was performed in MEDLINE, EMBASE, BIOSIS, and Current Contents, with no limitations from January 1990 to May 2007. Any article that described a cohort of patients who had angioedema after taking an ACE-I, were subsequently exposed to an ARB, and were followed for a least I month were included. The percentage of patients who had angioedema...

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