Use of Valsartan in Post-Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure Patients

Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and/or heart failure (HF) are frequent complications of hypertension and myocardial infarction (MI), placing affected patients at increased risk of significant morbidity and premature death. Given that the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is activated and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter P Liu, Aldo Maggioni, Eric J Velazquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2006-03-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:http://jra.sagepub.com/content/7/1_suppl/S19.full.pdf