Peripheral circulatory response in cardiac failure.
Derangements of the peripheral circulation play a major role in the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure. Their appearance coincides with that of the symptoms and signs that characterize the full-blown clinical syndrome. Long-term therapy with ACE inhibitors partially reverses these abnormalities, but the pathologic mechanisms are still poorly understood.
Le Jemtel
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Division of Cardiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.
Katz
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Sonnenblick
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors