Achieving goal blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes: Conventional versus fixed-dose combination approaches

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 202-209

  Bakris, George L ^a   Weir, Matthew R ^b  

^a Rush Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE PLUS BENAZEPRIL; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIANGINA PECTORIS AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; AMLODIPINE; BENAZEPRIL; BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ENALAPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETIC HYPERTENSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERTIGO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BENZAZEPINES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENALAPRIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141798855     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2002.2041.x     Document Type: Article

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