Clinical differences among angiotensin II receptor antagonists. [PDF]
, 2001 The six major classes of antihypertensive agents prescribed worldwide are similar in efficacy but dissimilar in tolerability. Recently, the World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension (WHO-ISH) concluded that agents from all six ...
Giuseppe Mancia
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Antihypertensive Drug Utilization in Two Districts of Northern Cyprus
Рациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии, 2019 Aim. Since the irrational use of medicine increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in hypertension, this study was aimed to evaluate antihypertensive pharmacotherapy at two districts of Northern Cyprus (NC).Material and methods.
M. Tamirci, R. Demirdamar
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Shared Molecular Targets in Parkinson’s Disease and Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review
Biomedicines, 2022 (1) Background: Parkinson’s disease and arterial hypertension are likely to coexist in the elderly, with possible bidirectional interactions. We aimed to assess the role of antihypertensive agents in PD emergence and/or progression.
Delia Tulbă +7 more
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The Synthesis and Evaluation of 5-Phenyloxazolidines as Potential Cardiovascular Drugs [PDF]
, 1988 Drugs such as adrenoceptor antagonists and certain centrally acting agents are known to lower blood pressure and thus serve as clinically useful antihypertensive agents.
Wang, Tammy C.
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Robust Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects using Electronic Health Record Data [PDF]
, 2021 Estimation of heterogeneous treatment effects is an essential component of precision medicine. Model and algorithm-based methods have been developed within the causal inference framework to achieve valid estimation and inference. Existing methods such as the A-learner, R-learner, modified covariates method (with and without efficiency augmentation ...
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Antihypertensive agents in Alzheimer’s disease: beyond vascular protection
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 2019 Introduction: Midlife hypertension has been consistently linked with increased risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Observational studies and randomized trials show that the use of antihypertensive therapy is associated with a lesser ...
T. Lebouvier +4 more
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Health services research in the public healthcare system in Hong Kong: An analysis of over 1 million antihypertensive prescriptions between 2004-2007 as an example of the potential and pitfalls of using routinely collected electronic patient data [PDF]
, 2008 <b>Objectives</b> Increasing use is being made of routinely collected electronic patient data in health services research. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential usefulness of a comprehensive database used routinely in the
A McCormack +47 more
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Patterns of antihypertensive prescribing, discontinuation and switching among a Hong Kong Chinese population from over one million prescriptions [PDF]
, 2008 Hypertension is an alarming public health problem among Chinese. The present study evaluated the prescribing patterns, discontinuation and switching profiles of antihypertensive agents and their associated factors in one Hong Kong Chinese population ...
A Fretheim +14 more
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Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, 2019 BACKGROUND We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare benefits and harms of different antihypertensive drug classes in kidney transplant recipients, as post-transplant hypertension (HTN) associates with increased cardiovascular (CV ...
A. Pisano +10 more
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Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2020 Blood pressure (BP) control status was investigated using data of a health checkup held in a Japanese city. In fiscal year 2017, 54,287 persons (age, 40–74 years; males, 49%) underwent the checkup; 28,167 examinees had a systolic BP ≥140 mmHg, a ...
Shinichiro Fujishima +2 more
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