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Article: Aspirin didn't weaken ACE inhibitor effect in HF.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
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- Internal Medicine News
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- December 15, 2006
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SEATTLE -- Low-dose aspirin did not reduce the beneficial effects of ACE inhibitors in patients with atrial fibrillation and a history of heart failure, a subset analysis of 2,031 patients found.
The analysis addressed recurring concerns that aspirin use attenuates the effects of ACE inhibitors in heart failure patients and supported the use of both low-dose aspirin and an ACE inhibitor when indications for both treatments exist, Dr. Akshay S. Desai said at the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America.
Dr. Desai and associates studied data from the Atrial Fibrillation Clopidogrel Trial with Irbesartan for Prevention of Vascular Events ...