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Cardiology
Different therapeutic associations of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors with coronavirus disease 2019 compared with usual pneumonia
Hae-Young Lee, Juhee Ahn, Juhong Park, Chang Kyung Kang, Sung-Ho Won, Dong Wook Kim, Jong-Heon Park, Ki-Hyun Chung, Joon-Sung Joh, JI Hwan Bang, Cheong Hee Kang, Myoung-don Oh, Wook Bum Pyun; The Korean Society of Hypertension; The National Committee for Clinical Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(3):617-628. Published online April 16, 2021
Background/Aims: Although it is near concluded that renin-angiotensin system inhibitors do not have a harmful effect on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there is no report about whether angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) offer any protective..
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Pulmonology
Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin II receptor blocker on the patients with sepsis
Hyun Woo Lee, Jae Kyung Suh, Eunjin Jang, Sang-Min Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(2):371-381. Published online April 9, 2020
Background/Aims: Inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), reportedly have anti-inflammatory effects. This study assessed the association of prior use of ACE inhibitors and ARBs with sepsis-related clinical..
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Cardiology
Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers as a first choice in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Jang Hoon Lee, Myung Hwan Bae, Dong Heon Yang, Hun Sik Park, Yongkeun Cho, Won Kee Lee, Myung Ho Jeong, Young Jo Kim, Myeong Chan Cho, Chong Jin Kim, Shung Chull Chae, Korea Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Investigators
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(2):267-276. Published online December 23, 2015
Background/Aims: Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARBs) have not been adequately evaluated in patients without left ventricular (LV) dysfunction or heart failure after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Methods: Between November 2005 and January 2008, 6,781 patients who were not receiving a..
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