Key result
ACE inhibitors improve hemodynamics, symptoms, and prognosis in severe heart failure, and are at least as beneficial as digitalis in mild heart failure.
Why the study?
Do ACE inhibitors improve symptoms and prognosis in patients with congestive heart failure?
Population
Patients with congestive heart failure (mild, moderate, and severe) and patients with myocardial infarction.
Design
Review
Authors
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May support ACE inhibitor use in heart failure; leaves open need for updated randomized trials in contemporary populations.
Do ACE inhibitors improve symptoms and prognosis in patients with congestive heart failure?
ACE inhibitors provide significant symptomatic and hemodynamic benefits across the spectrum of heart failure severity and improve prognosis in severe cases.
A. J. G. Riegger (2008) conducted a review in Congestive heart failure. ACE inhibitors vs. Digitalis was evaluated. ACE inhibitors improve hemodynamics, symptoms, and prognosis in severe heart failure, and are at least as beneficial as digitalis in mild heart failure.
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