Principal results of hypertension optimal treatment (HOT) study and their clinical impact

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 217-224

  Leonetti, Gastone ^a,b   Zanchetti, Alberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS and Ist Auxologico Italiano ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FELODIPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0033507993     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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