Felodipine-metoprolol combination tablet: Maintained health-related quality of life in the presence of substantial blood pressure reduction

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1313-1319

  Dahlöf, Björn ^a   Degl'Innocenti, Alessio ^b   Elmfeldt, Dag ^b   Puig, Juan Garcia ^c   Gundersen, Torstein ^d   Hosie, James ^e   Januszewicz, Wlodzimierz ^f   Lindström, Carl Johan ^g   Magometschnigg, Dieter ^h   Tanser, Paul ⁱ   Toutouzas, Pavles ^j   Waeber, Bernhard ^k   Wiklund, Ingela ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d Section for Gastroenterology   (Norway)

^e Great Western Medical   (United Kingdom)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^g Västra Nylands Kretssjukhus   (Finland)

^h Institute of Hypertoniker   (Austria)

ⁱ ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^k LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Enalapril; Felodipine; Health related quality of life; Hypertension; Metoprolol

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; FELODIPINE PLUS METOPROLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FELODIPINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METOPROLOL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TABLETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25844460513     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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