Additive Beneficial Effects of Losartan Combined With Simvastatin in the Treatment of Hypercholesterolemic, Hypertensive Patients
Open Access
- 14 December 2004
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 110 (24) , 3687-3692
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000143085.86697.13
Abstract
Background— Biological mechanisms underlying statin and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker therapies differ. Therefore, we compared vascular and metabolic responses to these therapies either alone or in combination in hypercholesterolemic, hypertensive patients.Keywords
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