Are There Benefits to Specific Antihypertensive Drug Therapy?

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 11 II, 2003, Pages

  Cushman, William C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive agents; Blood pressure; Diuretics; Hypertension; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORTALIDONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INDAPAMIDE; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; NITRENDIPINE; PERINDOPRIL; RAMIPRIL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIURESIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344515319     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2003.07.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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