Aldosterone Antagonist Improves Diastolic Function in Essential Hypertension

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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension

سال: 2002

ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563

DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.0000036399.80194.d8