Captopril is a potent, competitive inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), the enzyme responsible for the conversion of angiotensin I (ATI) to angiotensin II (ATII). ATII regulates blood pressure and is a key component of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). Captopril may be used in the treatment of hypertension.
For the treatment of essential or renovascular hypertension (usually administered with other drugs, particularly thiazide diuretics). May be used to treat congestive heart failure in combination with other drugs (e.g. cardiac glycosides, diuretics, β-adrenergic blockers). May improve survival in patients with left ventricular dysfunction following myocardial...
Cleveland Clinic, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Faculty of Medicine- Tanta University, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt
University of Ulm School of Medicine, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
IMIP, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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