Whilst reducing blood pressure reduces the risk of heart failure and stroke this relationship has thus far not been demonstrated in patients with atrial fibrillation. This is despite the fact that recent mechanistic work and retrospective analyses have suggested that both ACE inhibitors and ARBs have specific properties that alter atrial mechanical and electrical remodelling […]
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No benefit from irbesartan in patients with normal ejection fraction heart failure
The I-PRESERVE study (Irbesartan in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction) assessed the efficacy of the angiotensin II receptor blocker (AIIRB) irebesartan on mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in patients with heart failure and a preserved LVEF. This was a multi-centre international trial which enrolled 4128 patients with a minimum age of 60 years and NYHA […]