The Edward D. Freis Papers

Title:

Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: II. Results in Patients with Diastolic Blood Pressure Averaging 90 through 114 mm Hg

Description:

The second 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. This report presented the results of the double-blind controlled trial for treatment of patients with mild or moderate hypertension, finding that drug treatment dramatically reduced the number of hypertensive complications.

Number of Image Pages:

10 (1,427,104 Bytes)

Date:

1970-08-17 (August 17, 1970)

Creator:

Veterans Administration Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents

Source:

Periodical: Veterans Administration Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents. "Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: II. Results in Patients with Diastolic Blood Pressure Averaging 90 through 114 mm Hg." Journal of the American Medical Association 213, 7 (17 August 1970): 1143-1152. Article. 10 Images.

Publisher:

American Medical Association

Rights:

This item is in the public domain. It may be used without permission.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Hypertension; Antihypertensive Agents

Exhibit Category:

The VA Cooperative Study and the Beginning of Routine Hypertension Screening, 1964-1980

Relation:

Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: Results in Patients with Diastolic Blood Pressures Averaging 115 through 129 mm Hg (December 11, 1967)

Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: III. Influence of Age, Diastolic Pressure, and Prior Cardiovascular Disease; Further Analysis of Side Effects (May 1972)

Effect of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension. Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Antihypertensive Agents: Effect on the Electrocardiogram (September 1973)

Rebuttal: Appraisal of Antihypertensive Drug Therapy (July 1974)

Box Number: 7