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...
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Novartis Investigator Site, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Research Site, Vaxjo, Sweden
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mount Carmel Health - West Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Doctors Hospital at Ohio Health, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Great Lakes Cancer Institute at McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, United States
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