Local renin-angiotensin systems
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A. H. Jan Danser
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Article
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1996
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Springer
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English
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The existence of a local cardiovascular renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is often invoked to explain the long-term beneficial effects of RAS inhibitors in heart failure and hypertension. The implicit assumption is that all components of the RAS are synthesized in situ, so that local angiotensin II for