Implications of the LIFE trial

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 871-877

  Nadar, Sunil ^a   Lim, Hoong Sern ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiotensin receptor blockers; Cardiovascular mortality; Hypertension; Losartan

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; NATEGLINIDE; PERINDOPRIL; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; ROSIGLITAZONE; SIMVASTATIN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VALSARTAN;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; REMISSION; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATENOLOL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LOSARTAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038474043     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.12.5.871     Document Type: Review

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