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- Title
Racial Differences in Blood Pressure Response to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Children: A Meta-Analysis.
- Authors
Li, J. S.; Baker-Smith, C. M.; Smith, P. B.; Hasselbad, V.; Murphy, M. D.; Califf, R. M.; Benjamin Jr., D. K.
- Abstract
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are frequently used to treat hypertension in children.1 ACE inhibitors alter the balance between the vasoconstrictive, salt-retentive, and cardiac hypertrophic properties of angiotensin II and the vasodilatory and natriuretic properties of bradykinin; they also alter the metabolism of other vasoactive substances.2 Through these mechanisms, ACE inhibitors decrease systemic vascular resistance and promote natriuresis without increasing heart rate. This study evaluated the results of six trials of ACE inhibitors in children, using meta-analytic techniques to estimate the effect of race on blood pressure response.Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2008); 84, 3, 315–319 doi:10.1038/clpt.2008.113
- Subjects
ACE inhibitors; RACIAL differences; HYPERTENSION in children; VASODILATORS; VASCULAR resistance; NATRIURESIS; BLOOD pressure; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2008, Vol 84, Issue 3, p315
- ISSN
0009-9236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/clpt.2008.113