EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT ON ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2005-1-1-49-69
Abstract
Expert consensus document on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in cardiovascular disease.
About the Authors
Jose Lopez-SendonSpain
Karl Swedberg
Sweden
John McMurray
United Kingdom
Juan Tamargo
Spain
Aldo P. Maggioni
Italy
Henry Dargie
United Kingdom
Michal Tendera
Poland
Finn Waagstein
Sweden
Jan Kjekshus
Norway
Philippe Lechat
France
Christian Torp-Pedersen
Denmark
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Lopez-Sendon J., Swedberg K., McMurray J., Tamargo J., Maggioni A., Dargie H., Tendera M., Waagstein F., Kjekshus J., Lechat P., Torp-Pedersen Ch. EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT ON ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology. 2005;1(1):49-69. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20996/1819-6446-2005-1-1-49-69
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