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Congestive heart failure

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Consider monitoring the blood pressure for the first dose. d  

Why?

  • Falls in systolic blood pressure are usually small (on average 10 mmHg over several hours in elderly patients) on starting ACE inhibitors a but watch for symptomatic hypotension. d

 

Expiry date: June 2003
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Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   B   Lee
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , CJ   Wotton , A   Yates