Blood pressure lowering for the secondary prevention of stroke: Rationale and design for PROGRESS

Journal of Hypertension, Supplement

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  MacMahon, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; Cardiovascular events; Cognitive function; Dementia; Ischaemia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIURETIC AGENT; INDAPAMIDE; PERINDOPRIL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 10544227760     PISSN: 09521178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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