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Cardiac renin angiotensin system in hypertrophy and the progression to heart failure

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Dell'Italia, L.J., Oparil, S. Cardiac renin angiotensin system in hypertrophy and the progression to heart failure. Heart Failure Rev 1, 63–72 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00128557

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