Do maximally recommended doses of angiotensin-converting enzyme ( ACE ) inhibitors completely prevent ACE-mediated formation of angiotensin II in chronic heart failure?
Recommended doses of ACE inhibitors do not fully inhibit ACE in CHF. The level of ACE inhibition achieved is not related to duration of ACE inhibitor therapy. Greater ACE inhibition is also achieved at twice the recommended doses of ACE inhibitors.
This novel method of bariatric revision (modified BP-LGP) might have a role as a salvage procedure in patients with impending gastric band failure.