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
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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