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Abstract

The invention relates to novel 1-(p-thienylbenzy)imidazoles of formula (I) ##STR1## where the radicals R(1) to R(6), X, and Y have the meaning indicated in the description, which are potent agonists of angiotensin (1-7) receptors and owing to the production and release of the vasorelaxant, antithrombotic, and cardioprotective messengers cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and nitrogen monoxide (NO) associated with the stimulation of these receptors on endothelial cells are valuable pharmaceuticals for the treatment and prophylaxis of high blood pressure, cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac insufficiency, coronary heart diseases such as angina pectoris, cardiac infarct, vascular restenosis after angioplasty, cardiomyopathies, endothelial dysfunction or endothelial damage, e.g., as a result of arteriosclerotic processes or diabetes mellitus, and also of arterial and venous thromboses.

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