Research Sheds Light on Aortic Aneurysm Growth, Treatment in Marfan Syndrome
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 13:50
in Health & Medicine
The Johns Hopkins researchers who first showed that the commonly used blood pressure drug losartan may help prevent life-threatening aneurysms of the aorta in patients with Marfan syndrome have now discovered new clues about the precise mechanism behind the drug's protective effects.