Randomised trial of old and new antihypertensive drugs in elderly patients: Cardiovascular mortality and morbidity the Swedish trial in old patients with hypertension-2 study

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9192, 1999, Pages 1751-1756

  Hansson, Lennart ^a   Lindholm, Lars H ^b   Ekbom, Tord ^c   Dahlöf, Björn ^d   Lanke, Jan ^c   Scherstén, Bengt ^c   Wester, P O ^b   Hedner, Thomas ^d   De Faire, Ulf ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; ENALAPRIL; FELODIPINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ISRADIPINE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; PINDOLOL;

AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGHTMARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0033589756     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)10327-1     Document Type: Article

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