Quality of life of patients with mild hypertension treated with captopril: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 302-307

  Hu, Yu ^a   Zhu, Junren ^a  

^a ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Captopril; Mild hypertension; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CAPTOPRIL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032972654     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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