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Background The mechanism by which angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors reduce mortality rates and disease progression in patients with heart failure is likely mediated in part through prevention of adverse ventricular remodeling. This study examined the effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor captopril and the angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonist losartan on ventricular volumes...