Use of Antihypertensive Drugs and Ischemic Stroke Severity - Is There a Role for Angiotensin-II?

Wen Yea HwongMichiel L BotsSharmini SelvarajahZariah Abdul AzizNorsima Nazifah SidekWilko SpieringL Jaap KappelleIlonca Vaartjes

Published in: PloS one (2016)

In our study, we found that use of antihypertensive drugs that increase Ang II formation was not associated with less severe ischemic stroke as compared to use of antihypertensive drugs that suppress Ang II formation.

Keyphrases

angiotensin ii
blood pressure
angiotensin converting enzyme
vascular smooth muscle cells
hypertensive patients
atrial fibrillation
drug induced
early onset