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SUBMITTER: Black HR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8673334 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Black Henry R HR Kribben Andreas A Aguirre Palacios Fernando F Bijarnia Mahendra M Laflamme Annik K AK Baschiera Fabio F
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20101004 12
Patients with stage 2 hypertension (systolic blood pressure [SBP] ≥160mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure [DBP] ≥100mm Hg) are at high cardiovascular risk and require intensive blood pressure (BP)-lowering therapy. This randomized double-blind study is the first prospective trial specifically designed to evaluate the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren in patients with a mean sitting SBP ≥160 mm Hg and <180mm Hg (the lower ranges of stage 2 systolic hypertension). After a 2- to 4-week washout per ...[more]