Clinical experience with perindopril in elderly hypertensive patients: A subgroup analysis of a large community trial

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 335-341

  Neutel, Joel M ^a   Weber, Michael A ^b   Julius, Stevo ^c   Cohn, Jay N ^d   Turlapaty, Prasad ^e   Shen, Yannan ^e   Guo, Weinong ^e   Batchelor, Alicia ^e   Lagast, Hjalmar ^e  

^a Orange County Research Center   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT RECEPTOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PERINDOPRIL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINDOPRIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7244255995     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00129784-200404050-00006     Document Type: Article

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