Rationale and design for the blood pressure intervention of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on April 16, 2007

Authors

William C Cushman1, Richard H Grimm, Jeffrey A Cutler, Gregory W Evans, Sarah Capes, Marshall A Corson, Laurie S Sadler, Michael H Alderman, Kevin Peterson, Alain Bertoni, Jan N Basile, ACCORD Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104, USA. william.cushman@va.gov

Associated clinical trials:

Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) (ACCORD) | NCT00000620

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