Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/Definition: Difference between revisions

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A definition or brief description of Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.

Drugs mainly used to treat hypertension and heart failure, by hemodynamic effect inhibiting the renin-angiotensin system.

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	~~A class of drugs whose main indications are the treatment of~~ [[hypertension]] and [[heart failure]]~~. They exert their~~ hemodynamic effect ~~mainly by~~ inhibiting the [[renin-angiotensin system]] ~~([[National Library of Medicine]])~~.		Drugs mainly used to treat [[hypertension]] and [[heart failure]], by hemodynamic effect inhibiting the [[renin-angiotensin system]].