Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition after acute myocardial infarction in patients with arterial hypertension. TRACE Study Group, Trandolapril Cardiac Event
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of a history of arterial hypertension on the efficacy of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor trandolapril in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and left ventricular dysfunction. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of data from the Trandolapril Cardiac Event (TRACE) study. The TRACE study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in which patients with an enzyme-verified AMI and ejection fraction < or = 35% were assigned randomly to be administered oral trandolapril or placebo 3-7 days after the infarction. Of 1749 patients who entered the study, 400 (23%) had a history of arterial hypertension. The mean follow-up time was 26 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mortality from any cause. Secondary endpoints were sudden death, cardiovascular mortality, reinfarction and development of severe heart failure. RESULTS: Of the patients in the hypertensive group, 173 (43%) died during follow-up, versus 500 (37%) in the normotensive group. Treatment with trandolapril resulted in a relative risk of death from any cause for the hypertensive group of 0.59 (96% confidence interval 0.44-0.80), versus 0.85 (0.72-1.02) for normotensive patients. In a multivariate analysis, treatment with trandolapril was associated with a reduction in mortality among patients with a history of hypertension (P = 0.03). CONCLUSION: In this retrospective analysis, ACE inhibition after AMI complicated with left ventricular dysfunction was of greater benefit to patients with a history of arterial hypertension. ACE inhibition might be of particular importance in this group of patients but further studies to establish the clinical impact are necessary.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Hypertension |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 7 |
Pages (from-to) | 793-8 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISSN | 0263-6352 |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |
Bibliographical note
Keywords: Aged; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; Antihypertensive Agents; Double-Blind Method; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Indoles; Male; Myocardial Infarction; Retrospective Studies; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
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