Inhibition of the Cerebral Renin-Angiotensin System to Limit Cognitive Decline in Elderly Hypertensive Persons
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Lionel H. Opie
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Inhibition of then renin-angiotensin system (RAS) ranks among the best established and most used cardiovascular therapies. By providing protection against hypertension and heart failure, and also the microvascular complications of diabetes, RAS inhibitors have contributed to the longer lifeexpectancy now found in higher income populations throughout the world. However, longevity propels aging persons closer to the inevitable cognitive decline. It is here that the RAS-inhibitors may also have a special role, especially in the many elderly persons with hypertension.
Cardiovasc Drugs Ther (2011) 25:277–279 DOI 10.1007/s10557-011-6316-6 Published online: 20 July 2011
