Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: Results in Patients with Diastolic Blood Pressures Averaging 115 through 129 mm Hg

Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: Results in Patients with Diastolic Blood Pressures Averaging 115 through 129 mm Hg

Contributor(s):
Journal of the American Medical Association
Veterans Administration Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents
Publication:
American Medical Association, 11 December 1967
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hypertension
Antihypertensive Agents
Blood Pressure
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Articles
Abstract:
The first of three publications describing the results of the Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Antihypertensive Agents. This is the work for which Freis received the Lasker Award. For this double-blind study, some patients presenting with severe hypertension at VA Hospitals were administered a regimen of several antihypertensive agents. Patients were excluded if they had curable forms of hypertension. Due to a tremendous difference in morbidity and mortality between control and treated patients, the study was terminated after only 18 months for a subgroup of patients that originally had an average diastolic blood pressure of 155 through 129 mm Hg.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
7 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584929X73 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
XFBBFN
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X73
Archival Collection:
The Edward D. Freis Papers (Profiles in Science)