Antihypertensive Treatment Based on Blood Pressure Measurement at Home or in the Physician's Office: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 955-964

  Staessen, Jan A ^a,b   Den Hond, Elly ^b   Celis, Hilde ^b   Fagard, Robert ^b   Keary, Louis ^c   Vandenhoven, Guy ^d   O'Brien, Eoin T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LISINOPRIL; PRAZOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COST; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EXAMINATION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; COST SAVINGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; SELF CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 1442359550     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.8.955     Document Type: Article

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