Journal article
Angiotensin receptor blockers in heart failure: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the effect of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) on mortality and hospitalization in patients with heart failure (HF).
BACKGROUND: There is uncertainty regarding the efficacy of ARBs as substitute or adjunctive therapy to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) in the treatment of HF.
Authors
Jong P; Demers C; McKelvie RS; Liu PP
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 463–470
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2002
DOI
10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01775-2
ISSN
0735-1097