Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Dec 2019
Multicenter StudyDischarge treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker after a heart failure hospitalisation is associated with a better prognosis irrespective of left ventricular ejection fraction.
Medical therapy could improve the prognosis of real-life patients discharged after a heart failure (HF) hospitalisation. ⋯ Discharge treatment with ACE inhibitor/ARB after a HF hospitalisation is associated with a reduction in all-cause and refractory HF mortality, irrespective of LVEF.