Improved prognosis following renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade in patients undergoing concomitant aortic and mitral valve replacement

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¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: khkyiu@hku.hk.
² Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
⁵ School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: hftse@hku.hk.

Kai-Hang Yiu et al. Int J Cardiol. 2014.

. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):680-2.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.163. Epub 2014 Oct 5.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: khkyiu@hku.hk.
² Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
⁵ School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁶ Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China; Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: hftse@hku.hk.

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Keywords: ACEI; ARB; DVR; Prognosis; Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system.

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