Personalised Single-Pill Combination Therapy in Hypertensive Patients: An Update of a Practical Treatment Platform

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 463-472

  Volpe, Massimo ^a,b   Tocci, Giuliano ^a,b   de la Sierra, Alejandro ^c   Kreutz, Reinhold ^d,e,f,g   Laurent, Stéphane ^h   Manolis, Athanasios J ⁱ   Tsioufis, Kostantinos ^j  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g BERLIN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Germany)

^h ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Angiotensin receptor blockers; Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; Antihypertensive therapy; Calcium channel blockers; Hypertension; Olmesartan medoxomil

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS OLMESARTAN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PILL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDO RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; UNDERWEIGHT; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85034215523     PISSN: 11209879     EISSN: 11791985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40292-017-0239-7     Document Type: Article

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