ACE inhibitor, the Glossary
Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) are a class of medication used primarily for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure.[1]
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158 relations: ACE inhibitor and thiazide combination, Adrenal cortex, Alacepril, Aldosterone, American Dairy Science Association, Amino acid, Angioedema, Angiotensin, Angiotensin II receptor blocker, Angiotensin-converting enzyme, Anticoagulant, Antioxidant, Aortic stenosis, Arteriole, Assessment of kidney function, Australian Drug Evaluation Committee, Australian Medicines Handbook, Benazepril, Binding site, Birth defect, Blood plasma, Blood pressure, Blood volume, Blood–brain barrier, Bothrops jararaca, Boxed warning, Bradykinin, Cachexia, Captopril, Carboxylic acid, Cardiac index, Cardiac output, Casein, Central nervous system, Ceronapril, Chronic kidney disease, Ciclosporin, Cilazapril, Circulatory system, Combination drug, Cough, Creatinine, Cyclooxygenase, David Cushman, Dehydration, Diabetes, Diabetic nephropathy, Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, Discovery and development of ACE inhibitors, Discovery and development of angiotensin receptor blockers, ... Expand index (108 more) »
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ACE inhibitor and thiazide combination
An ACE inhibitor and thiazide combination is a drug combination used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). ACE inhibitor and ACE inhibitor and thiazide combination are ACE inhibitors.
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Adrenal cortex
The adrenal cortex is the outer region and also the largest part of the adrenal gland.
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Alacepril
Alacepril (INN) is an ACE inhibitor medication indicated as a treatment for hypertension. ACE inhibitor and Alacepril are ACE inhibitors.
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Aldosterone
Aldosterone is the main mineralocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex in the adrenal gland.
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American Dairy Science Association
The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) is a non-profit professional organization for the advancement of dairy science.
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Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
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Angioedema
Angioedema is an area of swelling (edema) of the lower layer of skin and tissue just under the skin or mucous membranes.
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Angiotensin
Angiotensin is a peptide hormone that causes vasoconstriction and an increase in blood pressure.
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Angiotensin II receptor blocker
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), formally angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1) antagonists, also known as angiotensin receptor blockers, angiotensin II receptor antagonists, or AT1 receptor antagonists, are a group of pharmaceuticals that bind to and inhibit the angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1) and thereby block the arteriolar contraction and sodium retention effects of renin–angiotensin system.
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme
Angiotensin-converting enzyme, or ACE, is a central component of the renin–angiotensin system (RAS), which controls blood pressure by regulating the volume of fluids in the body.
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Anticoagulant
An anticoagulant, commonly known as a blood thinner, is a chemical substance that prevents or reduces the coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time.
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Antioxidant
Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation (usually occurring as autoxidation), a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals.
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Aortic stenosis
Aortic stenosis (AS or AoS) is the narrowing of the exit of the left ventricle of the heart (where the aorta begins), such that problems result.
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Arteriole
An arteriole is a small-diameter blood vessel in the microcirculation that extends and branches out from an artery and leads to capillaries.
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Assessment of kidney function
Assessment of kidney function occurs in different ways, using the presence of symptoms and signs, as well as measurements using urine tests, blood tests, and medical imaging.
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Australian Drug Evaluation Committee
The Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (ADEC) was a committee that provided independent scientific advice to the Australian Government regarding therapeutic drugs.
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Australian Medicines Handbook
Australian Medicines Handbook (AMH) is a peer-reviewed medicines prescribing guide for Australian health professionals.
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Benazepril
Benazepril, sold under the brand name Lotensin among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease. ACE inhibitor and Benazepril are ACE inhibitors.
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Binding site
In biochemistry and molecular biology, a binding site is a region on a macromolecule such as a protein that binds to another molecule with specificity.
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Birth defect
A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause.
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Blood plasma
Blood plasma is a light amber-colored liquid component of blood in which blood cells are absent, but which contains proteins and other constituents of whole blood in suspension.
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Blood pressure
Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels.
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Blood volume
Blood volume (volemia) is the volume of blood (blood cells and plasma) in the circulatory system of any individual.
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Blood–brain barrier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective semipermeable border of endothelial cells that regulates the transfer of solutes and chemicals between the circulatory system and the central nervous system, thus protecting the brain from harmful or unwanted substances in the blood.
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Bothrops jararaca
Bothrops jararaca—known as the jararaca or yarara—is a highly venomous pit viper species endemic to South America in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina.
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Boxed warning
In the United States, a boxed warning (sometimes "black box warning", colloquially) is a type of warning that appears near the beginning of the package insert for certain prescription drugs, so called because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration specifies that it is formatted with a 'box' or border around the text to emphasize it is of utmost importance.
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Bradykinin
Bradykinin (BK) (from Greek brady- 'slow' + -kinin, kīn(eîn) 'to move') is a peptide that promotes inflammation.
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Cachexia
Cachexia is a complex syndrome associated with an underlying illness, causing ongoing muscle loss that is not entirely reversed with nutritional supplementation.
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Captopril
Captopril, sold under the brand name Capoten among others, is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure. ACE inhibitor and Captopril are ACE inhibitors.
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Carboxylic acid
In organic chemistry, a carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group attached to an R-group.
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Cardiac index
Cardiac index (CI) is a haemodynamic parameter that relates the cardiac output (CO) from left ventricle in one minute to body surface area (BSA), thus relating heart performance to the size of the individual.
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Cardiac output
In cardiac physiology, cardiac output (CO), also known as heart output and often denoted by the symbols Q, \dot Q, or \dot Q_, edited by Catherine E. Williamson, Phillip Bennett is the volumetric flow rate of the heart's pumping output: that is, the volume of blood being pumped by a single ventricle of the heart, per unit time (usually measured per minute).
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Casein
Casein (from Latin caseus "cheese") is a family of related phosphoproteins (αS1, aS2, β, κ) that are commonly found in mammalian milk, comprising about 80% of the proteins in cow's milk and between 20% and 60% of the proteins in human milk.
Central nervous system
The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord.
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Ceronapril
Ceronapril (INN, proposed trade names Ceranapril, Novopril) is a phosphonate ACE inhibitor that was never marketed. ACE inhibitor and Ceronapril are ACE inhibitors.
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Chronic kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a type of long-term kidney disease, in which either there is a gradual loss of kidney function occurs over a period of months to years, or abnormal kidney structure (with normal function).
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Ciclosporin
Ciclosporin, also spelled cyclosporine and cyclosporin, is a calcineurin inhibitor, used as an immunosuppressant medication.
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Cilazapril
Cilazapril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) used for the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure. ACE inhibitor and Cilazapril are ACE inhibitors.
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Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Combination drug
A combination drug or a fixed-dose combination (FDC) is a medicine that includes two or more active ingredients combined in a single dosage form.
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Cough
A cough is a sudden expulsion of air through the large breathing passages which can help clear them of fluids, irritants, foreign particles and microbes.
Creatinine
Creatinine (from Ancient Greek: κρέας (kréas) 'flesh') is a breakdown product of creatine phosphate from muscle and protein metabolism.
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Cyclooxygenase
Cyclooxygenase (COX), officially known as prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase (PTGS), is an enzyme (specifically, a family of isozymes) that is responsible for biosynthesis of prostanoids, including thromboxane and prostaglandins such as prostacyclin, from arachidonic acid.
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David Cushman
David Cushman (November 15, 1939 – August 14, 2000) was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Dehydration
In physiology, dehydration is a lack of total body water, with an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes.
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Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.
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Diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic nephropathy, also known as diabetic kidney disease, is the chronic loss of kidney function occurring in those with diabetes mellitus.
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Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor
Inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4 inhibitors or gliptins) are a class of oral hypoglycemics that block the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4).
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Discovery and development of ACE inhibitors
The discovery of an orally inactive peptide from snake venom established the important role of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in regulating blood pressure. ACE inhibitor and discovery and development of ACE inhibitors are ACE inhibitors.
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Discovery and development of angiotensin receptor blockers
The angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), also called angiotensin (AT1) receptor antagonists or sartans, are a group of antihypertensive drugs that act by blocking the effects of the hormone angiotensin II (Ang II) in the body, thereby lowering blood pressure.
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Disease
A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury.
Distal convoluted tubule
The distal convoluted tubule (DCT) is a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting tubule.
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Diuretic
A diuretic is any substance that promotes diuresis, the increased production of urine.
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Efferent arteriole
The efferent arterioles are blood vessels that are part of the urinary tract of organisms.
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Enalapril
Enalapril, sold under the brand name Vasotec among others, is an ACE inhibitor medication used to treat high blood pressure, diabetic kidney disease, and heart failure. ACE inhibitor and Enalapril are ACE inhibitors.
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Endothelium
The endothelium (endothelia) is a single layer of squamous endothelial cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels.
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Enzyme inhibitor
An enzyme inhibitor is a molecule that binds to an enzyme and blocks its activity.
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Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population.
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Erythropoietin
Erythropoietin (EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production (erythropoiesis) in the bone marrow.
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Essential hypertension
Essential hypertension (also called primary hypertension, or idiopathic hypertension) is a form of hypertension without an identifiable physiologic cause.
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European Heart Journal
The European Heart Journal is a peer-reviewed medical journal of cardiology published by Oxford University Press on a weekly basis, on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.
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Fatigue
Fatigue describes a state of tiredness (which is not sleepiness), exhaustion or loss of energy.
Food and Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Fosinopril
Fosinopril is an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure. ACE inhibitor and Fosinopril are ACE inhibitors.
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Glomerular filtration rate
Renal functions include maintaining an acid–base balance; regulating fluid balance; regulating sodium, potassium, and other electrolytes; clearing toxins; absorption of glucose, amino acids, and other small molecules; regulation of blood pressure; production of various hormones, such as erythropoietin; and activation of vitamin D.
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Glomerulus (kidney)
The glomerulus (glomeruli) is a network of small blood vessels (capillaries) known as a tuft, located at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney.
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Headache
Headache, also known as cephalalgia, is the symptom of pain in the face, head, or neck.
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Heart
The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals.
Heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.
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Hematocrit
The hematocrit (Ht or HCT), also known by several other names, is the volume percentage (vol%) of red blood cells (RBCs) in blood, measured as part of a blood test.
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Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis, also spelled haemodialysis, or simply dialysis, is a process of filtering the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally.
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Hyperkalemia
Hyperkalemia is an elevated level of potassium (K+) in the blood.
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Hypertension
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.
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Hyponatremia
Hyponatremia or hyponatraemia is a low concentration of sodium in the blood.
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Hypotension
Hypotension, also known as low blood pressure, is a cardiovascular condition characterized by abnormally reduced blood pressure.
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Hypovolemia
Hypovolemia, also known as volume depletion or volume contraction, is a state of abnormally low extracellular fluid in the body.
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IgA nephropathy
IgA nephropathy (IgAN), also known as Berger's disease (and variations), or synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis, is a disease of the kidney (or nephropathy) and the immune system; specifically it is a form of glomerulonephritis or an inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
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Intrauterine growth restriction
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), or fetal growth restriction, is the poor growth of a fetus while in the womb during pregnancy.
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Isoleucine
Isoleucine (symbol Ile or I) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins.
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John Vane
Sir John Robert Vane (29 March 1927 – 19 November 2004) was a British pharmacologist who was instrumental in the understanding of how aspirin produces pain-relief and anti-inflammatory effects and his work led to new treatments for heart and blood vessel disease and introduction of ACE inhibitors.
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus
The juxtaglomerular apparatus (also known as the juxtaglomerular complex) is a structure in the kidney that regulates the function of each nephron, the functional units of the kidney.
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Kidney
In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation.
Kidney disease
Kidney disease, or renal disease, technically referred to as nephropathy, is damage to or disease of a kidney.
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Kidney failure
Kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney failure is classified as either acute kidney failure, which develops rapidly and may resolve; and chronic kidney failure, which develops slowly and can often be irreversible.
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Kinin
A kinin is any of various structurally related polypeptides, such as bradykinin and kallidin.
Lactobacillus helveticus
Lactobacillus helveticus is a lactic-acid producing, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus.
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Lactotripeptides
Lactotripeptides are two naturally occurring milk peptides: Isoleucine-Proline-Proline (IPP) and Valine-Proline-Proline (VPP).
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Lisinopril
Lisinopril is a medication belonging to the drug class of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), heart failure, and heart attacks. ACE inhibitor and Lisinopril are ACE inhibitors.
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List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).
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List of fermented milk products
Fermented milk products or fermented dairy products, also known as cultured dairy foods, cultured dairy products, or cultured milk products, are dairy foods that have been made by fermenting milk with lactic acid bacteria such as Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, and Leuconostoc.
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Loop diuretic
Loop diuretics are pharmacological agents that primarily inhibit the Na-K-Cl cotransporter located on the luminal membrane of cells along the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle.
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Medication
A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
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Meta-analysis is the statistical combination of the results of multiple studies addressing a similar research question.
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Metabolic acidosis is a serious electrolyte disorder characterized by an imbalance in the body's acid-base balance.
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Miguel Ondetti
Miguel Angel Ondetti (May 14, 1930 – August 23, 2004) was an Argentine-born American chemist who first synthesized captopril, the first ACE inhibitor that was used to treat heart disease.
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Milk
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals.
Moexipril
Moexipril was an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) used for the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure. ACE inhibitor and Moexipril are ACE inhibitors.
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Multicystic dysplastic kidney
Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a condition that results from the malformation of the kidney during fetal development.
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Myc
Myc is a family of regulator genes and proto-oncogenes that code for transcription factors.
Myocardial infarction
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.
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Natriuresis
Natriuresis is the process of sodium excretion in the urine through the action of the kidneys.
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Nausea
Nausea is a diffuse sensation of unease and discomfort, sometimes perceived as an urge to vomit.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are members of a therapeutic drug class which reduces pain, decreases inflammation, decreases fever, and prevents blood clots.
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Norepinephrine
Norepinephrine (NE), also called noradrenaline (NA) or noradrenalin, is an organic chemical in the catecholamine family that functions in the brain and body as a hormone, neurotransmitter and neuromodulator.
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Norman Shumway
Norman Edward Shumway (February 9, 1923 – February 10, 2006) was a pioneer of heart surgery at Stanford University.
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Oligohydramnios
Oligohydramnios is a medical condition in pregnancy characterized by a deficiency of amniotic fluid, the fluid that surrounds the fetus in the abdomen, in the amniotic sac.
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Oncogene
An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to cause cancer.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Parasympathetic nervous system
The parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the sympathetic nervous system and the enteric nervous system.
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Patent ductus arteriosus
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a medical condition in which the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth: this allows a portion of oxygenated blood from the left heart to flow back to the lungs through the aorta, which has a higher blood pressure, to the pulmonary artery, which has a lower blood pressure.
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Peptide
Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
Perinatal mortality
Perinatal mortality (PNM) is the death of a fetus or neonate and is the basis to calculate the perinatal mortality rate.
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Perindopril
Perindopril is a medication used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, or stable coronary artery disease. ACE inhibitor and Perindopril are ACE inhibitors.
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Pit viper
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM (1987).
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Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.
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Polycythemia
Polycythemia (also known as polycythaemia) is a laboratory finding in which the hematocrit (the volume percentage of red blood cells in the blood) and/or hemoglobin concentration are increased in the blood.
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Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.
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Pregnancy category
The pregnancy category of a medication is an assessment of the risk of fetal injury due to the pharmaceutical, if it is used as directed by the mother during pregnancy.
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Primary polydipsia
Primary polydipsia and psychogenic polydipsia are forms of polydipsia characterised by excessive fluid intake in the absence of physiological stimuli to drink.
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Probiotic
Probiotics are live microorganisms promoted with claims that they provide health benefits when consumed, generally by improving or restoring the gut microbiota.
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Prohormone
A prohormone is a committed precursor of a hormone consisting of peptide hormones synthesized together that has a minimal hormonal effect by itself because of its expression-suppressing structure, often created by protein folding and binding additional peptide chains to certain ends, that makes hormone receptor binding sites located on its peptide hormone chain segments inaccessible.
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Proline
Proline (symbol Pro or P) is an organic acid classed as a proteinogenic amino acid (used in the biosynthesis of proteins), although it does not contain the amino group but is rather a secondary amine.
Protein c-Fos
Protein c-Fos is a proto-oncogene that is the human homolog of the retroviral oncogene v-fos.
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Proteinuria
Proteinuria is the presence of excess proteins in the urine.
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Pulmonary circulation
The pulmonary circulation is a division of the circulatory system in all vertebrates.
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Pulmonary hypoplasia
Pulmonary hypoplasia is an incomplete development of the lungs, resulting in an abnormally low number or small size of bronchopulmonary segments or alveoli.
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Quinapril
Quinapril, sold under the brand name Accupril by the Pfizer corporation. ACE inhibitor and Quinapril are ACE inhibitors.
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Ramipril
Ramipril, sold under the brand name Altace among others, is an ACE inhibitor type medication used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease. ACE inhibitor and Ramipril are ACE inhibitors.
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Renin
Renin (etymology and pronunciation), also known as an angiotensinogenase, is an aspartic protease protein and enzyme secreted by the kidneys that participates in the body's renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS)—also known as the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone axis—that increases the volume of extracellular fluid (blood plasma, lymph and interstitial fluid) and causes arterial vasoconstriction.
Renin inhibitor
Renin inhibitors are pharmaceutical drugs inhibiting the activity of renin that is responsible for hydrolyzing angiotensinogen to angiotensin I, which in turn reduces the formation of angiotensin II that facilitates blood pressure.
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Renin–angiotensin system
The renin–angiotensin system (RAS), or renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS), is a hormone system that regulates blood pressure, fluid and electrolyte balance, and systemic vascular resistance.
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Sérgio Henrique Ferreira
Sérgio Henrique Ferreira (October 4, 1934 – July 17, 2016) was a Brazilian physician and pharmacologist noted for the discovery of the bradykinin potentiating factor, which led to new and widely used anti-hypertension drugs — the ACE inhibitors.
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by reoccurring episodes of psychosis that are correlated with a general misperception of reality.
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Skin condition
A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system—the organ system that encloses the body and includes skin, nails, and related muscle and glands.
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Sodium in biology
Sodium ions are necessary in small amounts for some types of plants, but sodium as a nutrient is more generally needed in larger amounts by animals, due to their use of it for generation of nerve impulses and for maintenance of electrolyte balance and fluid balance.
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Stillbirth
Stillbirth is typically defined as fetal death at or after 20 or 28 weeks of pregnancy, depending on the source.
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Stroke volume
In cardiovascular physiology, stroke volume (SV) is the volume of blood pumped from the ventricle per beat.
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Sympathetic nervous system
The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the parasympathetic nervous system and the enteric nervous system.
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Systemic scleroderma
Systemic scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is an autoimmune rheumatic disease characterised by excessive production and accumulation of collagen, called fibrosis, in the skin and internal organs and by injuries to small arteries.
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Teprotide
Teprotide is nonapeptide which has been isolated from the snake Bothrops jararaca. ACE inhibitor and Teprotide are ACE inhibitors.
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The BMJ
The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Group, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association (BMA).
Thiol
In organic chemistry, a thiol, or thiol derivative, is any organosulfur compound of the form, where R represents an alkyl or other organic substituent.
Trandolapril
Trandolapril is an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure. ACE inhibitor and Trandolapril are ACE inhibitors.
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Transcription factor Jun
Transcription factor Jun is a protein that in humans is encoded by the JUN gene.
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Transforming growth factor beta
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a multifunctional cytokine belonging to the transforming growth factor superfamily that includes three different mammalian isoforms (TGF-β 1 to 3, HGNC symbols TGFB1, TGFB2, TGFB3) and many other signaling proteins.
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Trip (search engine)
Trip is a free clinical search engine used in the United Kingdom to help clinicians identify research evidence, in part for creating systematic reviews.
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Tripeptide
A tripeptide is a peptide derived from three amino acids joined by two or sometimes three peptide bonds.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Valine
Valine (symbol Val or V) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins.
Vasoconstriction
Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles.
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Vasodilation
Vasodilation, also known as vasorelaxation, is the widening of blood vessels.
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Vasopressin
Human vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone (ADH), arginine vasopressin (AVP) or argipressin, is a hormone synthesized from the AVP gene as a peptide prohormone in neurons in the hypothalamus, and is converted to AVP.
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Ventricular hypertrophy
Ventricular hypertrophy (VH) is thickening of the walls of a ventricle (lower chamber) of the heart.
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Ventricular remodeling
In cardiology, ventricular remodeling (or cardiac remodeling) refers to changes in the size, shape, structure, and function of the heart.
See ACE inhibitor and Ventricular remodeling
Vertigo
Vertigo is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving, or that objects around them are moving, when they are not.
Whey
Whey is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained.
Zofenopril
Zofenopril (INN) is a medication that protects the heart and helps reduce high blood pressure. ACE inhibitor and Zofenopril are ACE inhibitors.
See ACE inhibitor and Zofenopril
See also
ACE inhibitors
- ACE inhibitor
- ACE inhibitor and thiazide combination
- Alacepril
- Benazepril
- Captopril
- Ceronapril
- Cilazapril
- Delapril
- Discovery and development of ACE inhibitors
- Enalapril
- Enalapril/hydrochlorothiazide
- Enalaprilat
- Fosinopril
- Gemopatrilat
- Imidapril
- Lisinopril
- Moexipril
- Omapatrilat
- Perindopril
- Quinapril
- Quinaprilat
- Ramipril
- Rentiapril
- Rescinnamine
- Spirapril
- Spiraprilat
- Temocapril
- Teprotide
- Trandolapril
- Zofenopril
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACE_inhibitor
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