Drug treatment of hypertension: Implications of ALLHAT

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 589-590

  Williams, Bryan ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORTALIDONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXAZOSIN; LISINOPRIL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0038824203     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.6.589     Document Type: Editorial

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