OBJECTIVES This study compared the effects of morning and evening dosing of amlodipine/valsartan combination on 24-h blood pressure (BP) in patients uncontrolled by amlodipine (5 mg). METHODS This was a multicenter study that used a prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded endpoint design. Patients with essential hypertension, who's ambulatory BP was uncontrolled after 4 weeks on amlodipi...

Recently, a molecular AuI(3) complex was stabilized in the interlayer space of the Bi(2)Sr(2)CaCu(2)O(y) (Bi2212) high-T(c) superconducting phase, adopting an exceptional D(3)(h) structure (Choy, J.-H.; et al. J. Phys.Chem. B 2000, 104, 7273). If the gold were formally Au(III), a strong Jahn-Teller distortion to T- and Y-shaped structures would be expected. In this work, we try to understand th...

This article focuses on a family systems nursing approach for essential hypertension. A case example is presented that describes the approach with a hypertensive woman with agoraphobia symptoms. A clinically significant decrease in the client's blood pressure occurred following the family sessions. Clinical observations of improved family relationships and symptom reduction corroborate research...

While most hypertension in children has been previously considered secondary to renal, cardiovascular or endocrine etiology, a substantial number of children aged 6 to 20 years are now diagnosed with primary or essential hypertension. Hypertension in children and adolescents seems to be increasing over the past two decades. This is attributed at least in part to an increased prevalence of overw...

The clinical entity of benign essential hypertension is often subdivided into labile essential hypertension and stable essential hypertension. To establish less arbitrary limits between normotension and labile and stable benign essential hypertension, 70 subjects (56 with benign essential hypertension) were classified according to (a) the usual blood pressure index for each subject and (b) the ...

• Objective: To determine the adequacy of hypertension treatment for patients enrolled in a university health maintenance organization (HMO). • Design: Retrospective review of medical records. • Patients and setting: 182 patients with an ICD-9 diagnosis code for benign essential hypertension seen between October 1995 and October 1997 in internal medicine and family practice clinics. • Methods: ...

Twenty-eight hypertensive patients were clinically evaluated by means of the Cornell Medical Index Health Questionnaire. Following intravenous EDTA therapy, improvement was evident in all systems. Additionally, a case is made for the value of a standardized medical appraisal system in the evaluation of the effectiveness of intravenous EDTA chelation as a therapeutic modality. Introduction A rev...