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Angiotensin II receptor blockers in chronic heart failure - Not as ELITE as expected!

University Department of Clinical, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK, farquharson@ dundee.ac.uk

Allan D Struthers

University Department of Clinical, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK

Key Words: heart failure • mortality • angiotensin II • angiotensin converting enzyme

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Journal of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, Vol. 1, No. 1, 21-22 (2000)
DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2000.003


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