Reductions in albuminuria and in electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy independently improve prognosis in hypertension: the LIFE study.

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Published in J Hypertens on April 01, 2006

Authors

Michael H Olsen1, Kristian Wachtell, Hans Ibsen, Lars H Lindholm, Björn Dahlöf, Richard B Devereux, Sverre E Kjeldsen, Lasse Oikarinen, Peter M Okin, LIFE Study Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark. mho@dadlnet.dk

Associated clinical trials:

Losartan Intervention For Endpoint Reduction in Hypertension (LIFE) Study (0954-133) | NCT00338260

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