What is it about?

A systematic review and meta-analysis analyzed the latest research using both medications in hypertension patients

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Why is it important?

The first medication choice for hypertensive patients always been a matter of doubt between doctors, the use of ACEI or ARB was one of the most important choices because there were no significant data comparing these two drugs. We attempted to answer this questions regarding the drugs' hability in reducing major cardiovascular outcomes in long term use

Perspectives

We hope that this work could aid physicians in their decision making process, not only the adverse effects and economic features of the drugs

Gabriel Salvador
Universidade Federal do Parana

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This page is a summary of: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors reduce mortality compared to angiotensin receptor blockers: Systematic review and meta-analysis, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, September 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2047487317728766.
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