Treatments that target the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) don’t improve outcomes in adult patients hospitalized with acute COVID-19. Three separate trials of different RAAS-related ...
What if there were a straightforward and relatively inexpensive way to lower the incidence of heart failure (HF), renal disease, stroke, and cognitive impairment? Cardiologist Bertram Pitt, MD, said ...
Role of the RAAS in the Pathophysiology of Heart Failure ACE inhibitors have no effect on angiotensin II formed by alternate pathways. In contrast, ARBs would be expected to inhibit the biologic ...