Relationships of different types of event to cardiovascular death in trials of antihypertensive treatment: An aid to definition of total cardiovascular disease risk in hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 495-508

  Zambon, Antonella ^a   Arfè, Andrea ^a   Corrao, Giovanni ^a   Zanchetti, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular death; Cardiovascular risk assessment; ESH ESC hypertension guidelines; Hypertension; Prognosis; SCORE model

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; BENAZEPRIL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CANDESARTAN; CAPTOPRIL; CHLORTALIDONE; DELAPRIL; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; FELODIPINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INDAPAMIDE; IRBESARTAN; LACIDIPINE; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; MANIDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; OXPRENOLOL; PERINDOPRIL; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; TELMISARTAN; TRANDOLAPRIL; VALSARTAN; VERAPAMIL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84894064274     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000077     Document Type: Article

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