Effectiveness of add-on therapy with amlodipine in hypertensive patients receiving valsartan

Blood Pressure

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 5-12

  Weycker, Derek ^a   Keskinaslan, Abdulkadir ^b   Levy, Drew Griffin ^b   Edelsberg, John ^a   Kartashov, Alex ^a   Oster, Gerry ^a  

^a POLICY ANALYSIS INC PAI   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers; Calcium channel blockers; Hypertension; Valsartan

Indexed keywords

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

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRAZOLES; VALINE; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57949083882     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08038020802316536     Document Type: Article

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