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  • Machine generated contents note: List of contributorsVII
  • PrefaceIX
  • John R. Vane
  • The history of inhibitors of angiotensin converting enzyme1
  • Malika Lajemi and Athanase Benetos
  • Genetics of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and risk
  • of arterial disease11
  • Paulus Wohlfart, Gabriele Wiemer, Wolfgang Linz and
  • Bernward A. Scholkens
  • Crosstalk between ACE inhibitors, B2 kinin receptor and nitric
  • oxide in endothelial cells29
  • Rob L. Hopfner, J. Robert McNeill and Venkat Gopalakrishnan
  • Interactions between the ACE and the endothelin pathway37
  • Maxime Lamarre-Cliche and Pierre Larochelle
  • Evaluative and epidemiological approaches of ACE therapy47
  • Irene Gavras and Haralambos Gavras
  • The role of ACE inhibition in heart failure71
  • Gdrard E. Plante and Tewfik Nawar
  • Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition in the microcirculation81
  • Michel E. Safar, Harry A.J. Struijker Boudier, Luc M.A.B. Van Bortel
  • and Gdrard M. London
  • Arterial structure and function and blockade of the renin-
  • angiotensin system in hypertension105
  • Albert Adam, Charles Blais, Jr. and Francois Marceau
  • The contribution of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) to the
  • metabolism of kinins (bradykinin and des-Arg9-bradykinin) and
  • effect of ACE inhibitors on their in vitro and in vivo metabolism129
  • Jacques de Champlain and Pedro D'Orleans-Juste
  • Role of the renin-angiotensin system on the central and
  • peripheral autonomic nervous system145
  • Cynthia A. Fink
  • Dual inhibitors of angiotensin converting enzyme and
  • neutral endopeptidase155
  • Stylianos E. Orfanos, Linhua Zou and John D. Catravas
  • Pharmacodynamics, tissue-specificity of ACE inhibitors163
  • Tewfik Nawar, Eve-Reine Gagne, Raymonde Turcotte and
  • Gerard E. Plante
  • Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on thirst
  • and salt-appetite171
  • Mark E. Cooper
  • ACE and diabetes177
  • Subject index185.