title: [Omapatrilat--new drug for patients with hypertension and heart failure].
abstract: Omapatrilat is a dual angiotensin converting enzyme and neutral endopeptidase inhibitor. It is another a new class of drugs, which are effective in the treatment of patients with hypertension and heart failure also accompanying diabetes. They are producing difference endocrine changes, vasodilatation, diuresis, natriuresis and they have anti hypertrophic activity on tissues, reduce sympathetic tone. Omapatrilat produces beneficial effects in experimental animals and in clinical studies. The overall safety with omapatrilat appears to be good. Angioedema is a rare but potentially life threatening side-effects of endopeptidase inhibitors. Treatment with omapatrilat has a higher tendency towards preventing death and worsening heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Farmakologii Katedry Farmakologii i Farmakologii Klinicznej Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dzielska-Olczak
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013841:Thiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D011725:Pyridines; D013841:Thiazepines; C106266:omapatrilat