Valsartan belongs to the angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) family of drugs, which also includes telmisartan, candesartan, losartan, olmesartan, and irbesartan. ARBs selectively bind to angiotensin receptor 1 (AT1) and prevent the protein angiotensin II from binding and exerting its hypertensive effects, which include vasoconstriction, stimulation and syn...
Valsartan is indicated for the treatment of hypertension to reduce the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions. It is also indicated for the treatment of heart failure (NYHA class II-IV) and for left ventricular dysfunction or failure after myocardial infarction when the use of an angiotensin-converting ...
West China Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Department of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, GuSu, China
The STOP-HF Service, St Michael's Hosptial, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland
St Vincents University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Wadi El-Neel Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
The Children Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lilly Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, Singapore, Singapore
Boston Univeristy Medical Center ., Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Colorado Heart and Vascular ., Lakewood, Colorado, United States
Swedish Medical Ctr Cardiovascular Re, Seattle, Washington, United States
National Medical Research Center for Cardiology, Moscow, Russian Federation
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