ACE-inhibitor therapy with spirapril increases nocturnal hypotensive episodes in elderly hypertensive patients

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 873-878

  Kantola, I ^a   Terent A ^b   Kataja, M ^c   Breig Asberg E ^d  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Söderhamn Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure measurement; Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition; Hypotension

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; SPIRAPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENALAPRIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035683998     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001285     Document Type: Article

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