A randomized, double-blind comparison of the antihypertensive efficacy and safety of once-daily losartan compared to twice-daily captopril in mild to moderate essential hypertension

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 495-506

  Roca Cusachs, A ^a   Oigman, W ^a   Lepe, L ^a   Cifkova, R ^a   Karpov, Y A ^a   Harron, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; LOSARTAN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SITTING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; TASTE DISORDER; THORAX PAIN; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URTICARIA; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPTOPRIL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOSARTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031426795     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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