A placebo-controlled comparison of diltiazem and amlodipine monotherapy in essential hypertension using 24-h ambulatory monitoring

Blood Pressure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Watts, Richard W ^a   Wing, Lindon M ^b  

^a Investigator Clinic   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Amlodipine; Diltiazem; Essential hypertension; General practice

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; DILTIAZEM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DILTIAZEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 0031906132     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080370598437538     Document Type: Article

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