Journal article
Impact of ramipril on the incidence of atrial fibrillation: Results of the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation study
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor ramipril on the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients enrolled in the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation trial.
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia affecting the general population and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Retrospective secondary analyses of some of the large trials of ACE inhibitors have …
Authors
Salehian O; Healey J; Stambler B; Alnemer K; Almerri K; Grover J; Bata I; Mann J; Matthew J; Pogue J
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 154, No. 3, pp. 448–453
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2007.04.062
ISSN
0002-8703