Initial combination therapy with amlodipine/valsartan compared with monotherapy in the treatment of hypertension

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 417-424

  Philipp, Thomas ^a   Glazer, Robert D ^b   Wernsing, Margaret ^b   Yen, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

baseline BP; Blood pressure control; post hoc analysis; stage 2 hypertension

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; PLACEBO; VALSARTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN SITTING DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; MEAN SITTING SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; MONOTHERAPY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSITIONAL DIZZINESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TETRAZOLES; VALINE;

EID: 80052966036     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: 18787436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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