Does it matter how hypertension is controlled?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 2485-2488

  Chobanian, Aram V ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BENAZEPRIL; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORTALIDONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; PERINDOPRIL; PLACEBO; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TRANDOLAPRIL; VERAPAMIL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349103077     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0808690     Document Type: Editorial

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