Diuretic-based treatment and cardiovascular events in patients with mild renal dysfunction enrolled in the systolic hypertension in the elderly program

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1340-1345

  Pahor, Marco ^a   Shorr, Ronald I ^a   Somes, Grant W ^a   Cushmam, William C ^a   Ferrucci, Luiei ^b   Bailey, James E ^a   Elam, Janet T ^a   Applegate, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Geriatric Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CHLORTALIDONE; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; RESERPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIURESIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CREATININE; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POTASSIUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031861208     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.12.1340     Document Type: Article

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