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Article: ACE Inhibitors and ARBs- Should They be Used Together?
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- Internal Medicine Alert
- Article date:
- June 29, 1999
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ACE Inhibitors and ARBs Should They be Used Together?
Abstract & Commentary
Synopsis: The resulting data demonstrated that losartan improved the peak aerobic capacity and relieved symptoms in patients with congestive heart failure who remained severely symptomatic despite treatment with optimal doses of ACE inhibitors, digoxin, and loop diuretics.
Source: Hamroff G, et al. Circulation 1999;99:990-992; Domanski M, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999;33:588-604.
The study of left ventricular dysfunction (SOLVD) treatment trials.sup.1 and numerous other studies.sup.2,3 have clearly demonstrated that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) ...