Blood pressure control in the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET)

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 157-163

  Bulpitt, C J ^a   Beckett, N S ^a   Peters, R ^b   Leonetti, G ^c   Gergova, V ^d   Fagard, R ^e   Burch, L A ^a   Banya, W ^a   Fletcher, A E ^f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^e KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood pressure control; HYVET; indapamide; perindopril; very elderly

Indexed keywords

INDAPAMIDE; PERINDOPRIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC HYPERTENSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDAPAMIDE; MALE; PERINDOPRIL; STROKE;

EID: 84857057713     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2011.10     Document Type: Article

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