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. 2000 Sep;84(Suppl 1):i18–i19. doi: 10.1136/heart.84.suppl_1.i18

Renin-angiotensin system mediated mechanisms: cardioreparation and cardioprotection

C Brilla
PMCID: PMC1766536  PMID: 10956314

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Figure 1  

ACE inhibition is able to interrupt the vicious cycle of structural heart disease.

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