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The renin angiotensin system as a risk factor for coronary artery disease.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 Mar 2001
Farmer J A, Torre-Amione G
Abstract excerpt
The renin angiotensin system was demonstrated to play a significant role in the genesis of hypertension and regulation of vascular tone over 100 years ago. The early investigations were subsequently expanded to implicate the renin angiotensin system in a variety of physiologic processes that may play a significant role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. The renin angiotensin system modulates...
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