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Influence of Chronic Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibition on Anesthetic Induction

Pierre Coriat, Christine Richer, Tomais Douraki, Carlos Gómez, Karl Hendricks, Jean‐François Giudicelli, P. Viars

Anesthesiology · 1994 · 356 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

These data indicate that in hypertensive patients chronically treated with ACEIs, maintenance of therapy until the day of surgery may increase the probability of hypotension at induction.