Stroke prevention with the angiotensin II type 1-receptor blocker candesartan in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension : the Study on Cognition and Prognosis in the Elderly (SCOPE).

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Kardiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Aged

Aged; 80 and over

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers

Antihypertensive Agents/*therapeutic use

Benzimidazoles/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use

Blood Pressure/drug effects

Cerebrovascular Accident/epidemiology/*prevention & control

Comparative Study

Double-Blind Method

Europe/epidemiology

Female

Follow-Up Studies

Humans

Hydrochlorothiazide/administration & dosage

Hypertension/*drug therapy/*physiopathology

Male

Receptor; Angiotensin; Type 1/*therapeutic use

Research Support; Non-U.S. Gov't

Risk Factors

Systole/drug effects

Tetrazoles/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use

Time Factors

Treatment Outcome

blood-pressure

rats

intervention

cilexetil

metaanalysis

hypertrophy

protection

mortality

reduction

ischemia

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

art (subject category)