A randomized trial of Korodin® Herz-Kreislauf-Tropfen as add-on treatment in older patients with orthostatic hypotension

Phytomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 395-402

  Kroll, M ^a   Ring, C ^b   Gaus, W ^b   Hempel, B ^c  

^a KLIFO MED GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Robugen GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Camphor; Clinical trial; Crataegus extract; Heart drug Korodin ; Orthostatic hypotension

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; PLACEBO;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART RATE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SIDE EFFECT; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMPHOR; CRATAEGUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRATAEGUS; DRYOBALANOPS;

EID: 19944409823     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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