Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade and Risk of Heart Failure After Myocardial Infarction Based on Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

María Cespón FernándezSergio Raposeiras-RoubínEmad Abu-AssiSergio Manzano-FernándezPedro Flores-BlancoCristina Barreiro-PardalMaría Castiñeira-BustoIsabel Muñoz-PousaElena López-RodríguezBerenice Caneiro-QueijaRafael Cobas-PazSaleta Fernández-BarbeiraPablo Domínguez-ErquiciaLuis Manuel Domínguez-RodríguezÁngel López-CuencaMiriam Gómez-MolinaJosé Antonio Baz-AlonsoFrancisco Calvo-IglesiasMariano Valdés-ChávarriAndrés Íñiguez-Romo

Published in: American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions (2020)

Among hospitalized survivors of AMI, the use of ACEIs/ARBs was associated with a lower risk of follow-up HF in patients with LVEF ≤ 40% but not in those with LVEF > 40%. Further prospective studies are needed to confirm our results.

Keyphrases

ejection fraction
heart failure
left ventricular
aortic stenosis
acute myocardial infarction
acute heart failure
cardiac resynchronization therapy
young adults
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
case control
mitral valve
left atrial
atrial fibrillation
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
acute coronary syndrome