Plasma Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Level and Permanent Atrial Fibrillation With Mitral Valvular Disease

Angiotensin Converting Enzyme in Sarcoidosis

Prevention of atrial fibrillation with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: a meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to identify all randomized clinical trial data evaluating angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers for the prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF), to estimate the magnitude of this effect and to identify patient subgroups most likely to benefit. BACKGROUND Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin recep...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy inhibits the progression from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation to chronic atrial fibrillation.

BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation is a progressive disease, which in the paroxysmal form (PAF) becomes more frequent and finally becomes chronic (CAF). A retrospective analysis of patients with PAF was conducted to examine the hypothesis that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) will prevent the progression to CAF. METHODS AND RESULTS On the basis of their treatment, 95 patients with ...

Angiotensin-Receptor Blocker, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor, and Risks of Atrial Fibrillation

Both angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARB) and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) have protective effects against atrial fibrillation (AF). The differences between ARB and ACEI in their effects on the primary prevention of AF remain unclear. This study compared ARB and ACEI in combined antihypertensive medications for reducing the risk of AF in patients with hypertension, and determi...

Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme in Patients with Psoriasis

Background: Controversial data concerning the elevation of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme in psoriasis are reported in the literature. In order to verify whether this abnormality exists in Iranian patients, we performed this study. Method: Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme level was measured in 40 psoriatics. According to clinical forms of psoriasis, patients were further divided into th...