Losartan versus captopril in elderly patients with heart failure (multiple letters) [1]

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9063, 1997, Pages 1473-1475

  Jensen, B V ^a   Nielsen, S L ^a   Fournier, A ^a   Achard, J M ^a   Fernandez, L A ^a   Sechi, L A ^a   Catena, C ^a   Bartoli, E ^a   Ball, S G ^a   Pitt, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; CAPTOPRIL; CREATININE; ENALAPRIL; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL; RAMIPRIL; SODIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRANDOLAPRIL; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BALANCE; STROKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; NOTE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CAPTOPRIL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; LOSARTAN; MORTALITY; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; TETRAZOLES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0030970282     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)26020-4     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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