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Is the prognosis of patients with a first admission for heart failure improving with the increased use of ACE inhibitors?
Is the prognosis of patients with a first admission for heart failure improving with the increased use of ACE inhibitors?
Observational data suggests an improving prognosis for first-time heart failure admissions, temporally associated with increased ACE inhibitor utilization.
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Supports temporal link between ACE inhibitor uptake and better incident HF prognosis; leaves open causality and practice implications.
These data suggest that the prognosis of patients with a first admission for heart failure is improving. The timing of improvement coincides with the gradual increase in the use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors for heart failure although a causal link cannot be proved from these data.
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