Fatal Pancytopenia Associated with the Use of Captopril
Authors: IRENE GAVRAS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1981)

Brief Reports1 January 1981Fatal Pancytopenia Associated with the Use of CaptoprilIRENE GAVRAS, M. D., LOUIS G. GRAFF, M.D., BURTON D. ROSE, M.D., JOHN M. McKENNA, M.D., HANS R. BRUNNER, M.D., HARALAMBOS GAVRAS, M.D.IRENE GAVRAS, M. D., LOUIS G. GRAFF, M.D., BURTON D. ROSE, M.D., JOHN M. McKENNA, M.D., HANS R. BRUNNER, M.D., HARALAMBOS GAVRAS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-94-1-58 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptChronic inhibition of the angiotensin-converting enzyme has been used successfully in treating hypertension and congestive cardiac failure (1-4) over the past 3 years. The only oral angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor presently available for clinical use, captopril (Capoten, E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey), has been associated with a number of adverse reactions. These include skin rashes, sometimes preceded by fever, often accompanied by eosinophilia and lymphopenia; proteinuria, usually observed in patients with primary renal parenchymal disease; alteration or loss of taste; and recently, four cases of leukopenia with agranulocytosis (5-8). All these were transient and reversible by decreasing...References1. GAVRASBRUNNERTURINI HHG. Antihypertensive effect of the oral angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibitor SQ 14225 in man. N Engl J Med. 1978, 298:991-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BRUNNERGAVRASWAEBER HHB. Oral angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in long-term treatment of hypertensive patients. Ann Intern Med. 1979;90:19-23. LinkGoogle Scholar3. DAVISRIBNERKEUNGSONNENBLICKLEJEMTEL RHEET. Treatment of chronic congestive heart failure with captopril, an oral inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme. N Engl J Med. 1979;301:117-21. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. TURINIBRUNNERGRIBICWAEBERGAVRAS GHMBH. 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