Hypertension, antihypertensive treatment, and sudden coronary death: The framingham study

Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1988, Pages II.45-II.50

  Kannel, William B ^a   Adrienne Cupples, L ^a   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^b   Joseph Stokes, J S ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Cohort study; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0009656116     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.11.3_pt_2.ii45     Document Type: Article

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