Search Tag: heart drugs

Cardiology Management

Esccongress-brace-corona-trial-and-safety-of-heart-drugs

2020 01 Sep

Heart patients hospitalised with COVID-19 can safely continue taking angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), according to the BRACE CORONA trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2020. ACE inhibitors and ARBs are commonly taken by heart patients to reduce blood pressure and to...Read more

Cardiology Management

Common-heart-drugs-linked-with-less-heart-damage-from-cancer-therapy

2019 07 Dec

Cancer patients receiving common heart drugs have less heart damage from cancer therapy, according to research presented at EuroEcho 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). For every ten patients with breast or haematological cancer treated with heart drugs, one case of cardiotoxicity could be avoided. "Our...Read more