Patent ID: 7708989

Claim:
A method of treating a vascular disease resulting from nitric oxide insufficiency in a patient in need thereof comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one nitrosated angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, wherein the nitrosated angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor is a nitrosated alacepril, a nitrosated benazepril, a nitrosated captopril, a nitrosated ceronapril, a nitrosated cilazapril, a nitrosated delapril, a nitrosated duinapril, a nitrosated enalapril, a nitrosated enalaprilat, a nitrosated fosinopril, a nitrosated imidapril, a nitrosated lisinopril, a nitrosated moveltipril, a nitrosated naphthopidil, a nitrosated pentopril, a nitrosated perindopril, a nitrosated quinapril, a nitrosated ramipril, a nitrosated rentipril, a nitrosated spirapril, a nitrosated temocapril, a nitrosated trandolapril, a nitrosated urapidil or a nitrosated zofenopril.