title: Summary of randomized trials of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.
abstract: Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been shown to reduce the risk of death, worsening heart failure and recurrent infarction in patients with left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure. They have also been shown to reduce mortality in the acute phase of myocardial infarction. They have been demonstrated to reduce major vascular events and progression of renal disease in diabetes with hypertension, compared to placebo and to calcium channel blockers. Current trials are evaluating their role in preventing major vascular events in patients with coronary artery disease, strokes and Type II diabetes who are normotensive.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, McMaster University and The Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation Research Centre, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yusuf
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lonn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gerstein
mesh_terms: D000419:Albuminuria / Q000097:blood; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors