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Clearly patients at high risk from macrovascular disease and
in particular myocardial infarction. We would have to say that antihypertensive treatment
with a calcium channel blockers or ICE inhibitor is of proven benefit and if an
antihypertensive treatment is not ACE inhibitor then ramipril should be added. There is no
true evidence base for stopping these patients smoking or for antilipid therapy. If
coronary heart disease risk approximately 40% over next 10 years, with the use of statins,
lowering risk by 1/4, to prevent 1 myocardial infarction we need to treat 10 men for 10
years. |