Antihypertensive drugs and fatal myocardial infarction in persons with uncomplicated hypertension

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 446-448

  Jick, Hershel ^a,b   Vasilakis, Catherine ^a   Derby, Laura E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Boston Collab Drug Survlnc Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive drugs; Calcium channel blockers; Fatal myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIURETICS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 0030918420     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199707000-00017     Document Type: Article

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