efficacy of the combination of amlodipine and valsartan in patients with hypertension uncontrolled with previous monotherapy: The exforge in failure after single therapy (EX-FAST) study

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-194

  Allemann, Yves ^a   Fraile, Belen ^b   Lambert, Michel ^c   Barbier, Michaela ^d   Ferber, Philippe ^d   Izzo Jr , Joseph L ^e  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Centro de Salud   (Spain)

^c Reseau ALTI   (France)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VALINE; VALSARTAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETREATMENT;

AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYPERTENSION; RETREATMENT; TETRAZOLES; VALINE;

EID: 43549108344     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.07516.x     Document Type: Article

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