ACE and atherosclerosis: Another interesting finding relies on the fact that many commonly used drugs for the treatment of atherosclerosis or cardiovascular risk factors, mainly statins but also angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor AT1 antagonists [8,134,138] show pleiotropic antioxidant effects that might have contributed, at least in part, to the beneficial effects of these drugs on the treatment of atherothrombosis.