References
- The sixth report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 1997 Nov; NIH publication No. 98–4080
- MRC Working Party. Medical Research Council trial of treatment of hypertension in older adults: principal results. BMJ 1992; 304(6824): 405–12
- SHEP Cooperative Research Group. Prevention of stroke by antihypertensive drug treatment in older persons with isolated systolic hypertension: final results of the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP). JAMA 1991; 265(24): 3255–64
- Collins R, Peto R, MacMahon S, et al. Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. Part 2, short-term reductions in blood pressure: overview of randomised drug trials in their epidemiological context. Lancet 1990; 335(8693): 827–38
- Whelton PK, Appel LJ, Espeland MA, et al, for the TONE Collaborative Research Group. Sodium reduction and weight loss in the treatment of hypertension in older persons: a randomized controlled trial of nonpharmacologic interventions in the elderly (TONE). JAMA 1998; 279(11): 839–46 [Erratum, JAMA 1998; 279(24): 1954]
- Appel LJ, Moore TJ, Obarzanek E, et al, for the DASH Collaborative Research Group. A clinical trial of the effects of dietary patterns on blood pressure. N Engl J Med 1997; 336(16): 1117–24
- Held PH, Teo KK, Yusuf S. Effects of beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, nitrates, and magnesium in acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris. In: Topol EJ, ed. Textbook of interventional cardiology. 2d ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1994: 46–59
- Packer M, Bristow MR, Cohn JN, et al. The effect of Carvedilol on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med 1996; 334(21): 1349–55
- CONSENSUS Trial Study Group. Effects of enalapril on mortality in severe congestive heart failure: results of the Cooperative North Scandinavian Enalapril Survival Study (CONSENSUS). N Engl J Med 1987; 316(23): 1429–35
- SOL YD Investigators. Effect of enalapril on mortality and the development of heart failure in asymptomatic patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fractions. N Engl J Med 1992; 327(10): 685–91 [Erratum, N Engl J Med 1992; 327(24): 1768]
- Pfeffer MA, Braunwald E, Moye LA, et al, for the SAVE Investigators. Effect of Captopril on mortality and morbidity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction: results of the survival and ventricular enlargement trial. N Engl J Med 1992; 327(10): 669–77
- Ravid M, Savin H, Jutrin I, et al. Long-term stabilizing effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on plasma creatinine and on proteinuria in normotensive type II diabetic patients. Ann Intern Med 1993; 118(8): 577–81
- Lewis EJ, Hunsicker LG, Bain RP, et al, for the Collaborative Study Group. The effect of angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibition on diabetic nephropathy. N Engl J Med 1993; 329(20): 1456–62 [Erratum, N Engl J Med 1993; 330(2): 152]
- Sorrentino MJ. Echocardiographic determination of myocardial mass: a review. Am J Physiol Imaging 1988; 3(2): 109–13
- Levy D, Salomon M, D'Agostino RB, et al. Prognostic implications of baseline electrocardiographic features and their serial changes in subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy. Circulation 1994; 90(4): 1786–93
- Dahlof B, Pennert K, Hansson L. Reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients: a metaanalysis of 109 treatment studies. Am J Hypertens 1992; 5(2): 95–110
- Pitt B, Segal R, Martinez FA, et al. Randomised trial of losar-tan versus Captopril in patients over 65 with heart failure. Lancet 1997; 349(9054): 747–52
- Packer M, O'Connor CM, Ghali JK, et al, for the Prospective Randomized Amlodipine Survival Evaluation Study Group. Effect of amlodipine on morbidity and mortality in severe chronic heart failure. N Engl J Med 1996; 335(15): 1107–14
- Treatment of Mild Hypertension Research Group. The treatment of mild hypertension study: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of a nutritional-hygienic regimen along with various drug monotherapies. Arch Intern Med 1991; 151 (7): 1413–23