ACE inhibitors versus diuretics: when to choose which drug?
ACE inhibitors and diuretics should be used in combination in the majority of patients with clinical congestive heart failure. The broad spectrum of heart failure should include the phase of significant left ventricular dysfunction without overt clinical heart failure for which ACE inhibitor treatment alone may be beneficial in selected cases.
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Department of Medicine, University of Auckland School of Medicine, New Zealand.
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D004232:Diuretics