The Edward D. Freis Papers

Title:

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

Description:

The last 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. In this report, the group presented the accumulation of data on over five years of research, including several double-blind clinical trials conducted at Veterans Administration Hospitals. They noted a dramatic drop in hypertensive complications--including congestive heart failure, stroke, progressive renal damage, and death--among treated patients.

Number of Image Pages:

14 (1,533,313 Bytes)

Date:

1972-05 (May 1972)

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: III. Influence of Age, Diastolic Pressure, and Prior Cardiovascular Disease; Further Analysis of Side Effects." Circulation XLV, (May 1972): 991-1004. Article.

Publisher:

[American Heart 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: II. Results in Patients with Diastolic Blood Pressure Averaging 90 through 114 mm Hg (August 17, 1970)

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)

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