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SUBMITTER: Billings FT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3822756 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Billings F T FT Balaguer J M JM C Yu Y Wright P P Petracek M R MR Byrne J G JG Brown N J NJ Pretorius M M
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 20120601 6
The effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade (ARB) on fibrinolysis and inflammation after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) are uncertain. This study tested the hypothesis that ACE inhibition enhances fibrinolysis and inflammation to a greater extent than ARB in patients undergoing CPB. One week to 5 days before surgery, patients were randomized to ramipril 5 mg/day, candesartan 16 mg/day, or placebo. ACE inhibition increased intraoperative ...[more]