Calcium antagonist lacidipine slows down progression of asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis: principal results of the European Lacidipine Study on Atherosclerosis (ELSA), a randomized, double-blind, long-term trial.

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Published in Circulation on November 05, 2002

Authors

Alberto Zanchetti1, M Gene Bond, Michael Hennig, Albrecht Neiss, Giuseppe Mancia, Cesare Dal Palù, Lennart Hansson, Bruno Magnani, Karl-Heinz Rahn, John L Reid, Josè Rodicio, Michel Safar, Lothar Eckes, Paolo Rizzini, European Lacidipine Study on Atherosclerosis investigators

Author Affiliations

1: University of Milan, Ospedale Maggiore, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. zanchett@mailserver.unimi.it

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