ACE inhibitors SHOULD be used in black patients with heart failure

September 2002

Experts now say ACE inhibitors SHOULD be used in black patients with heart failure.

We used to think ACE inhibitors were less effective in blacks than whites...but this is outdated thinking.

Black patients benefit significantly from ACE inhibitors. These drugs slow progression of heart failure and decrease mortality. They also slow kidney disease in hypertension.

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