Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) are drugs that treat certain conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels as well as a kidney condition resulting from diabetes. People generally tolerate ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common heart rhythm disorder. With AFib, the beating of the upper chambers of your heart (the atria) becomes irregular, and blood has a harder time reaching ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A small but statistically significant protective effect of treated hypertension was observed in patients with ...

Losartan may help stop the epileptic process in certain patients with hypertension. An observational study that analyzed medical records of 2.26 million patients with hypertension found a roughly 30% ...

LOS ANGELES — Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) are more effective than other antihypertensive medications in reducing the risk for post-stroke epilepsy (PSE), new research showed. Investigators ...

Patients with heart failure who start taking sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto; Novartis) do not appear to have a greater risk of angioedema than do those who opt for an ACE inhibitor or ARB instead, an ...