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Paris – Patients whose renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system is blocked by an ACE inhibitor or a sartan are more likely to experience drops in blood pressure during major operations under general anesthesia, but these did not increase the risk of complications in a randomized trial. The results of the study published in the American medical journal (JAMA 2024; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.17123) clarify a long-standing dispute among anesthesiologists…