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      Cardiovascular protection and blood pressure reduction: a meta-analysis.

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      Lancet (London, England)
      Elsevier BV

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          Abstract

          Whether antihypertensive drugs offer cardiovascular protection beyond blood pressure lowering has not been established. We aimed to investigate whether pharmacological properties of antihypertensive drugs or reduction of systolic pressure accounted for cardiovascular outcome in hypertensive or high-risk patients.

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          Journal
          Lancet
          Lancet (London, England)
          Elsevier BV
          0140-6736
          0140-6736
          Oct 20 2001
          : 358
          : 9290
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Studiecoördinatiecentrum, Hypertensie en Cardiovasculaire Revalidatie Eenheid, Departement Moleculair en Cardiovasculair Onderzoek, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. jan.staessen@med.kuleuven.ac.be
          Article
          S0140-6736(01)06411-X
          10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06411-X
          11684211
          02c8cfc9-07e3-4ec1-92fa-018be74906be
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