Hypertension as a risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in an elderly German population. The prospective STEPHY II Study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 1752-1756

  Trenkwalder, P ^a   Hendricks, P ^a   Schoniger R ^a   Rossberg, J ^a   Lydtin, H ^a   Hense, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Elderly; Hypertension; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 0032754679     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1711     Document Type: Article

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