Angiotensin receptor blockers may increase risk of myocardial infarction: unraveling the ARB-MI paradox

Circulation. 2006 Aug 22;114(8):838-54. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.594986.

Authors

Martin H Strauss¹, Alistair S Hall

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Canada. dr.marty@bellnet.ca

PMID: 16923768
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.594986

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Angiotensin II / physiology
Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology*
Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1 / physiology*
Receptors, Angiotensin / physiology
Renin-Angiotensin System / physiology
Risk Factors
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / physiology

Substances

Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists
Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
Receptors, Angiotensin
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Angiotensin II