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 ...

Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs) represent a significant advancement in heart failure therapy, combining an ...

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

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 ...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) are recommended widely as first-line treatments for hypertension in patients with diabetic or nondiabetic ...

An ACE inhibitor can prevent or reduce heart enlargement. * THE QUESTION Does a drug that fights high blood pressure also prevent or limit thickening of the heart, and would it reduce illness or death ...

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 ...

Patients who took an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor while undergoing cancer treatment with high-dose anthracycline chemotherapy did not show any difference in troponin T levels, a ...

ACE inhibitor use delays development of renal involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In a study of 378 SLE patients, 80 (21%) were ACE inhibitor users and 298 (79%) were not.