Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older
Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older
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Beckett, Nigel S , Peters, Ruth , Fletcher, Astrid E , Staessen, Jan A , Liu, Lisheng , Dumitrascu, Dan , Stoyanovsky, Vassil , Antikainen, Riitta L , Nikitin, Yuri , Anderson, Craig , Belhani, Alli , Forette, Françoise , Rajkumar, Chakravarthi , Thijs, Lutgarde , Banya, Winston , Bulpitt, Christopher J and HYVET Study Group
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United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
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In this study, patients 80 years of age or older with sustained systolic hypertension were randomly assigned to receive either the diuretic indapamide, with or without the angiotensin-converting–enzyme inhibitor perindopril, or matching placebos, for a target blood pressure of 150/80 mm Hg. Active treatment resulted in a nearly significant reductio...
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Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_223923471
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_223923471
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
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10.1056/NEJMoa0801369
