Reduction in diastolic blood pressure and cardiovascular mortality in nondiabetic hypertensive patients. A reanalysis of the HOT study

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-137

  Lopes, Antonio Alberto ^a,b   Andrade, Jadelson ^a   Noblat, Antonio Carlos Beisl ^a   Silveira, Marco Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Antonio Alberto Lopes   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Diabetes mellitus; Hot study

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; FELODIPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FELODIPINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

EID: 8744271557     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2001000800004     Document Type: Article

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