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ACE Inhibitor Not Protective Against Heart Damage from Chemotherapy

DAIC

The PROACT study reported no impact on cardiotoxicity biomarkers or secondary endpoints related to heart function among patients who took high doses of enalapril, an ACE inhibitor, along with high doses of anthracyclines. The mean dose of enalapril among those who were randomized to take the ACE inhibitor was 17.7mg.

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What Should Your Blood Pressure Be?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Most people with high blood pressure will be treated with an ACE inhibitor, ARB, calcium channel blocker or a diuretic. 2024 Nov;81(11):2329-2339. 6 Mortality and Morbidity Among Individuals With Hypertension Receiving a Diuretic, ACE Inhibitor, or Calcium Channel Blocker: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

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FDA Accepts, Grants Priority Review Designation for Bayer's msNRA for Patients with Heart Failure

DAIC

In fact, a 2024 report on heart failure trends and outcomes published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure showed that in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, 5-year mortality was 75.7%. Detailed results were presented at ESC Congress 2024 and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Digital Consults to Enhance Heart Failure Treatment: The ADMINISTER Trial

Cardiology Update

This includes beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, ARNIs, MRAs, and SGLT2 inhibitors. ESC Heart Failure 2024; 11 : 560–569. The 2021 European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Original article: Man JP et al.

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ACE Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker use during Pregnancy: data from the ESC Registry Of Pregnancy And Cardiac disease (ROPAC)

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 7 August 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Johanna A. van der Zande, Karishma P. Ramlakhan, Katja Prokselj, Edison Muñoz-Ortiz, Amalia Baroutidou, Magdalena Lipczynska, Edit Nagy, Tobias Rutz, Arie Franx, Roger Hall, Mark R. Johnson, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, ROPAC investigators

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SGLT-2 Inhibitors Show Mixed Results After Heart Attack

DAIC

Butler will be available to the media in a press conference on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 10:45 a.m. Butler will present the study, “Empagliflozin After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results of the EMPACTMI Trial,” on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. ET / 14:45 UTC in Room B203. ET / 13:30 UTC in the Hall B-1 Main Tent.

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EMPACT-MI Trial Outcomes Reported at ACC24: SGLT-2 Inhibitors Show Mixed Results After Heart Attack

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While composite of death and heart failure hospitalizations was not significantly reduced, empagliflozin may help reduce heart failure risks after a heart attack, according to results from the EMPACT-MI trial presented on day one of the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, ACC.24, 24, being held in Atlanta, GA.