Do diuretics diminish the predicted benefits on ischemic heart disease events of lowering blood pressure in hypertension?

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 469-471

  Giles, Thomas D ^a   Houston, Mark C ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; AMLODIPINE PLUS BENAZEPRIL; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BENAZEPRIL PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORTALIDONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LISINOPRIL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIURETICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SYSTOLE;

EID: 77955246417     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00327.x     Document Type: Editorial

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