Effects of renin-angiotensin blockers/inhibitors and statins on mortality and functional impairment in polypathological patients

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-184

  Galindo Ocaña, Javier ^a   Bernabeu Wittel, Máximo ^a   Formiga, Francesc ^b   Fuertes Martín, Aurelio ^c   Barón Franco, Bosco ^d   Murcia Zaragoza, José Manuel ^e   Moreno Gaviño, Lourdes ^a   Ollero Baturone, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL JUAN RAMÓN JIMÉNEZ   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL VEGA BAJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; Beta blockers; Frailty; Multimorbidity; Polypathology; Statins

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856409925     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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