Are thiazide diuretics preferred as first-line therapy for hypertension? An appraisal of The Antihypertensive and Lipid-lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT).

Subjects

Subjects :

Aged
Amlodipine therapeutic use
Blood Chemical Analysis
Chlorthalidone therapeutic use
Diuretics
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Double-Blind Method
Drug Administration Schedule
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hypertension diagnosis
Hypertension mortality
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular prevention & control
Lisinopril therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction mortality
Queensland
Reference Values
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke prevention & control
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome
Benzothiadiazines
Hypertension drug therapy
Hypolipidemic Agents therapeutic use
Myocardial Infarction prevention & control
Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors therapeutic use

Details

Language :

English

ISSN :

1444-0903

Volume :

33

Issue :

7

Database :

MEDLINE

Journal :

Internal medicine journal

Publication Type :

Academic Journal

Accession number :

12823686

Full Text :

https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00431.x