Impact of telmisartan on cardiovascular outcome in hypertensive patients at high risk

BACKGROUND: In the Telmisartan Randomised AssessmeNt Study in ACE iNtolerant subjects with cardiovascular Disease, all patients were at high cardiovascular risk, and a substantial proportion were hypertensive. We performed a post-hoc analysis to explore the hypothesis that telmisartan has a differential action in hypertensive vs. nonhypertensive patients. METHODS: The primary four-fold endpoint (composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial …