6 clinical profiles of patients in whom it is worth to consider the use of ramipril Review article
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When deciding to start antihypertensive pharmacotherapy the most important thing is to estimate total cardiovascular risk based on the degree of hypertension, the presence of other most important risk factors, subclinical organ damage, coexistence of diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease. The use of proper drug allows not only to obtain a stable antihypertensive effect, but also to maintain good quality of life, to correct hemodynamic and metabolic functions, and most of all – to extend the life by reducing morbidity and mortality of coronary events, heart failure and stroke. Ramipril plays a significant role in patients with coronary disease or multiple risk factors considering its outstanding cardiac- and vasoprotective properties.
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