ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL AND RAMIPRIL IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION: THE ESPORT STUDY
Autor: | E. Malacco, S. Omboni, M. Volpe, A. Auteri, A. Zanchetti |
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Jazyk: | ruština |
Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Zdroj: | Российский кардиологический журнал, Vol 0, Iss 1, Pp 52-62 (2012) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1560-4071 2618-7620 |
Popis: | Objective. To compare the efficacy and safety of the angiotensin II antagonist olmesartan medoxomil (O) and the ACE inhibitor ramipril (R) in elderly patients with essential arterial hypertension. Methods. After a 2-week placebo wash-out 1102 treated or untreated elderly hypertensive patients aged 65–89 years (office sitting diastolic blood pressure, DBP, 90–109mmHg and/or office sitting systolic blood pressure, SBP, 140–179mmHg) were randomized double-blind to 12-week treatment with O 10mg or R 2.5mg oncedaily. After the first 2 and 6 weeks doses could be doubled in non-normalized [blood pressure (BP) |
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