Valsartan, blood pressure reduction, and C-reactive protein: Primary report of the Val-MARC trial

Hypertension

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-79

  Ridker, Paul M ^a   Danielson, Eleanor ^a   Rifai, Nader ^a   Glynn, Robert J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin antagonist; Antihypertensive therapy; Clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; VALSARTAN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VALINE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SINUSITIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRAZOLES; VALINE;

EID: 33745987893     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000226046.58883.32     Document Type: Article

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