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Holding all the ACEs
Author(s) -
Thompson Angus
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1860
Subject(s) - captopril , medicine , blocking (statistics) , renin–angiotensin system , computer science , computer network , blood pressure
A lot has happened since captopril, the first ACE inhibitor, was launched in the early eighties. Here, Angus Thompson reflects on the wide range of renin‐angiotensin system (RAS)‐blocking drugs that have come to the market since, and how their use has evolved.