Antihypertensive effectiveness of lercanidipine administered using an electronic pillbox compared with usual care in a cohort of mild-to-moderately hypertensive patients: the ELECTRA study
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Vivencio Barrios1†, Carlos Escobar1, Ángel Navarro2, Alberto Calderón1 & Luis M Ruilope3; on behalf of the ELECTRA Investigators †Author for correspondence 1Department of Cardiology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Ctra. Colmenar km 9.100, 28034 Madrid, Spain Tel.: +34 913 368 259; Fax: +34 913 368 665; E-mail: vbarriosa@ meditex.es; vbarrios.hrc@ salud.madrid.org 2Medical Department, Recordati Spain, Madrid, Spain 3Hypertension Unit, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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تاریخ انتشار 2007