Does inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 exacerbate cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis in Ren-2 hypertensive rats?
These studies demonstrate that chronic inhibition of ACE2 causes an accumulation of cardiac Ang II, which exacerbates cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis without having any further impact on blood pressure or cardiac function.
Neurocysticercosis is prevalent among the immigrant population and in our case imported mostly from Latin America. Diagnosis is reached through imaging and serological techniques. Treatment with praziquantel or albendazol improves the clinical picture and controls the convulsive crisis.