Survival benefits of angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors in older heart failure patients with perceived contraindications

A Ahmed, CI Kiefe, RM Allman… - Journal of the …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE)
inhibitor therapy and survival of older heart failure patients with conditions perceived by …

A propensity score analysis of the impact of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on long-term survival of older adults with heart failure and perceived …

A Ahmed, RM Centor, MT Weaver, GJ Perry - American heart journal, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to determine the association between discharge
use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in patients with perceived …

Is optimal angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor dosing neglected in elderly patients with heart failure?

WA Gattis, RL Larsen, V Hasselblad, BA Bart… - American Heart …, 1998 - Elsevier
Background The benefit of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors on mortality in
heart failure has been proved in randomized controlled trials. Methods We prospectively …

National patterns of use and effectiveness of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in older patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction

FA Masoudi, SS Rathore, Y Wang, EP Havranek… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Although ACE inhibitors are underprescribed for heart failure, factors
associated with their use are not well described. Furthermore, the effectiveness of ACE …

Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor use in older patients with heart failure and renal dysfunction

EF Philbin, RN Santella… - Journal of the American …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE)
inhibitor use and clinical outcomes among recently hospitalized patients with congestive …

Determinants of mortality in elderly patients with heart failure: the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

EP Havranek, F Abrams, E Stevens… - Archives of internal …, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Background Despite randomized controlled trials demonstrating mortality reduction, many
studies have documented persistent low rates of prescription of angiotensin-converting …

Effect of different angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors on mortality among elderly patients with congestive heart failure

L Pilote, M Abrahamowicz, M Eisenberg, K Humphries… - Cmaj, 2008 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Existing clinical trial data do not address whether all angiotensin-converting-
enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are similarly beneficial in improving survival and reducing the rate …

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor dosages in elderly patients with heart failure

YT Chen, Y Wang, MJ Radford, HM Krumholz - American Heart Journal, 2001 - Elsevier
Background We sought to describe the dosages of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)
inhibitor prescribed to elderly patients with heart failure at hospital discharge, the factors …

Age-related underutilization of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in older hospitalized heart failure patients

A Ahmed, RM Allman, JF DeLong, EV Bodner… - Southern medical …, 2002 - go.gale.com
Background. The extent to which age plays a role in the underutilization of angiotensin-
converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in heart failure patients has not been well studied …

Use of angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitor therapy and dose‐related outcomes in older adults with new heart failure in the community

PA Rochon, K Sykora, SE Bronskill… - Journal of general …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the dose‐related benefit of angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE)
inhibitor therapy among older adults with heart failure and to evaluate whether low‐dose …