USE OF CAPTOPRIL AS A CARDIOPROTECTOR AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOR HEART TROUBLE ASSOCIATED WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

• Main Authors: VAZQUEZ CUETO, CARMEN MA, MATE BARRERO, ALFONSO, MIGUEL CARRASCO, JOSE LUIS, MONSERRAT GARCIA, MARIA TERESA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Spanish
• Published: 14.07.2011
• Subjects: HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

The invention relates to the use of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor), captopril, for controlling the cardiac inflammatory process that accompanies arterial hypertension based on the reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical...