Does withdrawal of antihypertensive medication increase the risk of cardiovascular events?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1501-1508

  Kostis, John B ^a   Espeland, Mark A ^b   Appel, Lawrence ^b   Johnson, Karen C ^b   Pierce, June ^b   Wofford, James L ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM INTAKE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BALTIMORE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032535227     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00694-8     Document Type: Article

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