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Article: All blood pressure drugs reduce risk of heart attack and stroke.(CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE NEWSBRIEFS)
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- August 1, 2009
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If you are taking a drug to lower your blood pressure, you are lowering your risk of heart attack and stroke. But two large meta-analyses presented at the American Society of Hypertension annual meeting in May 2009 found slight differences in how well different antihypertension agents protect against these events. The first analysis, of 57 trials, found that almost all did an excellent job of lowering risk of heart attack. Angiotensin-converting enzyme ...
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