Principles of choice of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor: Specific features of perindopril

Abstract

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, a large and heterogeneous group of drugs whose representatives have significant intergroup differences, occupy a special place among many classes of antihypertensive agents. This review focuses on the properties and effects of perindopril, which set off it from other ACE inhibitors, going beyond the scope of the classic effects of this group of drugs.

Keywords

• cardiovascular diseases
• hypertension
• renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
• angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
• perindopril
• dyslipidemia
• carbohydrate metabolic disturbances
• cognitive functions
• endothelial dysfunction
• endothelial function