Efficacy of Eplerenone Added to Renin-Angiotensin Blockade in Hypertensive Patients
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 40 (2) , 117-123
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.0000025146.19104.fe
Abstract
The efficacy and tolerability of eplerenone, a selective aldosterone blocker, was assessed when added to existing antihypertensive therapy with an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin II receptor blocke...Keywords
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