This means doctors might want to think twice before choosing ACE inhibitors as the first medicine for high blood pressure.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Results of a study indicate that patients with high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes benefit from taking an angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitor to lower blood ...

Close-up of senior black woman sorting weekly medication. Member of a black middle class America family. Currently, ACE inhibitors and ARBs are both recommended as first-line therapies for the ...

Treatment with an ACE inhibitor or angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) is associated with decreased left ventricular (LV) mass but not a decrease in cardiovascular event risk in hemodialysis (HD) ...

Boston, MA - A new study shows a significant reduction in the incidence of Alzheimer's disease and dementia among subjects taking angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs), compared with those taking ACE ...

Dr. Butler answers the question: 'What Is An ACE Inhibitor?' — -- Question: What is an ACE inhibitor, how does it work, and when is it used to treat heart failure? Answer: ACE inhibitors are very ...

There is "little, if any, clinical reason" to use angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors for the treatment of hypertension or other cardiovascular indications because angiotensin receptor ...

Since the introduction of ARBs, the question that has pervaded each clinician’s mind is whether or not these drugs serve an advantage in conditions long addressed by ACE inhibitors. Matchar et al ...

The blood pressure medication enalapril did not prevent cardiotoxicity among patients with cancer being treated with chemotherapy. The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor enalapril, a common ...