Effects of blood pressure lowering with amlodipine or lisinopril on vascular structure of the common carotid artery

Clinical Science

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 455-464

  Stanton, A V ^a   Chapman, J N ^a   Mayet, J ^a   Sever, P S ^a   Poulter, N R ^a   Hughes, A D ^a   Thom, S A McG ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anti hypertensive agents; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Hypertension; Intima media thickness; Remodelling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXAZOSIN; LISINOPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMLODIPINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LISINOPRIL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0034759681     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20010045     Document Type: Article

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