Effect of antihypertensive treatment in patients having already suffered from stroke: Gathering the evidence

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2557-2562

  Gueyffier, François ^g   Boissel, Jean Pierre ^c   Boutitie, Florent ^c   Pocock, Stuart ^a   Coope, John ^c   Cutler, Jeffrey ^c   Ekbom, Tord ^c   Fagard, Robert ^d   Friedman, Lawrence ^b   Kerlikowske, Karla ^e   Perry, Mitchell ^f   Prineas, Ronald ^c   Schron, Eleanor ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Dept of Community Health Sciences ^*

^d Hypertension Cardiovasc Rehab U   (Belgium)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Service de Pharmacologie Clinique   (France)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive agents; Clinical trials; Hypertension; Meta analysis; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 0031439427     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.12.2557     Document Type: Review

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