The effect of losartan therapy on ventricular function in Marfan patients with haploinsufficient or dominant negative FBN1 mutations.

CONCLUSION: Losartan therapy in haploinsufficient Marfan patients increases biventricular end diastolic volume and stroke volume, furthermore, losartan also appears to ameliorate biventricular filling properties.
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Source: Netherlands Heart Journal - October 3, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: den Hartog AW, Franken R, van den Berg MP, Zwinderman AH, Timmermans J, Scholte AJ, de Waard V, Spijkerboer AM, Pals G, Mulder BJ, Groenink M Tags: Neth Heart J Source Type: research