Polypill strategy vs. prevention clinics for stroke prevention

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 35-40

  Amarenco, Pierre ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet therapy; Hypertension; Statin; Stroke prevention

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILL; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SMOKING; STROKE; SUGAR INTAKE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 32844474725     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090360     Document Type: Review

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