Elevation in Total Homocysteine Levels in Chinese Patients With Essential Hypertension Treated With Antihypertensive Benazepril

Conclusion:
Benazepril may cause an increase in plasma Hcy levels among patients with hypertension with low baseline Hcy levels, while effect modification by MTHFR C677T genotypes on the changes in Hcy levels in response to benazepril was not significant among patients with essential hypertension.

Source: Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis - February 2, 2016 Category: Hematology Authors: Jiang, S., Pan, M., Wu, S., Venners, S. A., Zhong, G., Hsu, Y.-H., Weinstock, J., Wang, B., Tang, G., Liu, D., Xu, X. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research