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Marc A. Pfeffer

Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Publications -  815
Citations -  143710

Marc A. Pfeffer is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heart failure & Myocardial infarction. The author has an hindex of 166, co-authored 765 publications receiving 133043 citations. Previous affiliations of Marc A. Pfeffer include Partners HealthCare & University of Miami.

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in congestive heart failure: Benefit and perspective

TL;DR: Key studies that have documented the efficacy of ACE inhibitors in improving clinical outcome for patients with overt congestive heart failure, as well as for those with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction are reviewed.
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Resource use, costs, and quality of life among patients in the multinational Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial (VALIANT)

TL;DR: For most patients at high risk after MI, the availability of generic captopril confers a cost advantage over valsartan because of lower medication costs, which will be smaller or nonexistent in settings where brand-name ACE inhibitors are prescribed.