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Age and sex do not bias the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and congestive heart failure (CHF). For older patients with CHF and AMI, there is ample evidence in the literature for the efficacy of ACE inhibitors in improving long-term survival and decreasing overall mortality from cardiovascular death. 1 Although most research does not exclude older people from the use of ACE inhibitors, 2,3 there are some studies suggesting that patients aged 70 and older are being denied this form of therapy (particularly in CHF) when no clear contraindications exist. 4,5 Evidence for the underuse of ACE inhibitors by sex is less clear. 6-8 ACE inhibitors offer a myriad of benefits, even in the older population with AMI and CHF. 9 A study was undertaken to determine whether patients are being denied the use of ACE inhibitors for AMI and CHF alone or in combination because of age and sex bias, because data analyzed earlier by the research team found that, in clinical practice, older patients were less likely to receive the most-effective therapy after AMI and less likely to be referred for specialist investigations. 9 The setting was a distr

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Author

Richard N. Jones; John N. Morris; Edward R. Marcantonio; Lewis A. Lipsitz

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; The American Geriatrics Society; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0002-8614)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)