title: [Converting enzyme inhibitors in the treatment of arterial hypertension].
abstract: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, in comparison with other antihypertensive agents, offer unquestionable advantages in the treatment of hypertension. They do not alter cerebral blood flow. They improve cardiac function by decreasing postload, by preventing left ventricular hypertrophy and by decreasing myocardial excitability which engenders dysrhythmias. They increase compliance of large arteries and correct renal hemodynamic disturbances in hypertensive patients. Finally, they do not cause metabolic disturbances involving serum blood sugar, uric acid or lipids, and they help conserve potassium in patients on diuretics.
authors.affiliation: Service de Néphrologie - Hypertension, Centre Médico-Chirurgical Foch, Suresnes.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guedon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guedon-Moreau
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
vernacular_title: Les inhibiteurs de l'enzyme de conversion dans le traitement de l'hypertension artérielle.