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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action > Enzyme Inhibitors > Protease Inhibitors > Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors  

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  • A class of drugs whose main indications are the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. They exert their hemodynamic effect mainly by inhibiting the renin-angiotensin system. They also modulate sympathetic nervous system activity and increase prostaglandin synthesis. They cause mainly vasodilation and mild natriuresis without affecting heart rate and contractility.

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  • ACE Inhibitor
  • ACE Inhibitors
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Antagonists
  • Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
  • Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor
  • Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Antagonists, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
  • Antagonists, Kininase II
  • Inhibitors, ACE
  • Inhibitors, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
  • Inhibitors, Kininase II
  • Kininase II Antagonists
  • Kininase II Inhibitor
  • Kininase II Inhibitors

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