Why the study?
Does combined therapy with an ACE inhibitor and an ARB improve symptoms and blood pressure in patients with heart failure?
Does combined therapy with an ACE inhibitor and an ARB improve symptoms and blood pressure in patients with heart failure?
Combined ACE inhibitor and ARB therapy may provide additive symptom relief and blood pressure reduction in mild heart failure, but long-term safety and survival data are needed.
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May support short-term use in mild HF; leaves open long-term safety and survival questions.
Struckman et al. (2001) studied this question.
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