Discontinuation of anti-hypertensive drugs increases 11-year cardiovascular mortality risk in community-dwelling elderly (the Bambuí Cohort Study of Ageing)

BACKGROUND: Hypertension remains a major public health problem whose management is hampered by poor persistence with pharmacological therapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between discontinuing antihypertensive drugs (AHDs) and the risk of cardiovascular mortality in the elde...

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Autores principales: Correa Leite, Maria Lea, Firmo, Joselia OA, Loyola Filho, Antonio Ignacio, Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25030357
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-725

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4223422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25030357
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-725

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