Heart attacks: possible risk factor.
Evidence is assembled from the literature to support the argument that myocardial infarction and death results from narrowing of coronary arteries-a process that may result from various causes, as discussed in this paper. Angiotensin and hypertension are suggested as among the chief components of such processes.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000502:physiology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000150:complications; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000804:Angiotensin II; D012083:Renin