Experimental approaches to determining the choice of first-step therapy for patients with hypertension. The ALLHAT Research Group Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial.

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Published in Clin Exp Hypertens on October 24, 1996

Authors

P K Whelton1, J D Williamson, G T Louis, B R Davis, J A Cutler

Author Affiliations

1: Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2223, USA. pwhelton@phnet.sph.jhu.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) | NCT00000542

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