Background In the studies of left ventricular dysfunction (SOLVD), enalapril reduced
mortality in patients with symptomatic but not asymptomatic left ventricular systolic …

OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the comparative effects of pretreatment with captopril
and losartan on myocardial infarct size and arrhythmias in a rat model of ischemia …

Background The most suitable antihypertensive drug to reduce the risk of cardiovascular
disease in patients with hypertension and diabetes is unclear. In prespecified analyses, we …

Objectives. We assessed the use and effects of acute intravenous and later oral atenolol
treatment in a prospectively planned post hoc analysis of the GUSTO-I dataset. Background …

At the American College of Cardiology in March two major trials were presented. The
publicity surrounding the two could not have been more different. The LIFE demonstrated …

Summary Background The Valsartan Antihypertensive Long-term Use Evaluation (VALUE)
trial was designed to test the hypothesis that for the same blood-pressure control, valsartan …

Background Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) are at high risk of cardiovascular death
and recurrent hospital admissions. We aimed to find out whether the use of an angiotensin …