High Blood Pressure Medicines Show Promise for Treating Heart Disease. Research Activities, No. 352, December 2009

摘要

Two medications typically used to treat high blood pressure appear to be effective in treating a common type of heart disease known as stable ischemic heart disease, according to a new comparative effectiveness review funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Treatment featuring the two medications--inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme, or ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers, or ARBs--can lead to a reduction in death, lower risk of heart attack and stroke, and fewer hospitalizations for heart failure for patients suffering from stable ischemic heart disease, researchers found.