Captopril in the treatment of refractory high-renin hypertension.
Two cases of high-renin renovascular hypertension, one due to Takayasu's arteritis and the other to a hypersensitivity vasculitis, are described. Both were resistant to maximal standard therapy but responded to treatment with captopril, the orally active angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.
D000328:Adult; D002216:Captopril / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000150:complications; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications
D011392:Proline; D002216:Captopril