Impact of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors continuation versus discontinuation on outcome after major surgery: protocol of a multicenter randomized, controlled trial (STOP-or-NOT trial)
Abstract Background Chronic treatment of hypertension or heart failure very often includes an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) as renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RASi) treatments. To stop or not to stop these medications before major surg...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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Series: | Trials |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3247-1 |