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Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: II. Results in Patients with Diastolic Blood Pressure Averaging 90 through 114 mm Hg
- Title:
- Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: II. Results in Patients with Diastolic Blood Pressure Averaging 90 through 114 mm Hg
- Creator:
- Veterans Administration Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents
- Date:
- 17 August 1970
- 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.
- Periodical:
- Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publisher:
- American Medical Association
- Location:
- Box: 7. Folder: 17
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Genre:
- Articles
- Subject:
- Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 10 pages
- Relation:
- Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: Results in Patients with Diastolic Blood Pressures Averaging 115 through 129 mm Hg, 1967 Effects of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension: III. Influence of Age, Diastolic Pressure, and Prior Cardiovascular Disease; Further Analysis of Side Effects, 1972 Effect of Treatment on Morbidity in Hypertension. Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Antihypertensive Agents: Effect on the Electrocardiogram, 1973 Rebuttal: Appraisal of Antihypertensive Drug Therapy, 1974
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- 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.. Journal of the American Medical Association
- Legacy ID:
- XFBBFP
- NLM ID:
- 101584929X74
- Profiles Collection:
- The Edward D. Freis Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X74
- Story Section:
- The VA Cooperative Study and the Beginning of Routine Hypertension Screening, 1964-1980