Antihypertensive treatment decreases arterial stiffness at night but not during the day. Results from the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial

Antihypertensive treatment decreases arterial stiffness at night but not during the day. Results from the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial

The main Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET) demonstrated a very marked reduction in cardiovascular events by treating hypertensive participants 80 years or older with a low dose, sustained release prescription of indapamide (indapamide SR, 1.5 mg) to which was added a low dose of an angi...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. Bulpitt, Richard Webb, Nigel Beckett, Ruth Peters, Elizabeth Cheek, Craig Anderson, Riitta Antikainen, Jan A. Staessen, Chakravarthi Rajkumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-03-01
Series:Blood Pressure
Subjects:
hypertension in the very elderly
qkd
arterial compliance
vascular stiffness
ambulatory blood pressure
hyvet
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2016.1219222

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08037051.2016.1219222

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