Treatment of Isolated Systolic Hypertension: The SHELL Study Results

2003103 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Ettore Malacco · Luigi Sacco Hospital

Giuseppe Mancia · University of Milano-Bicocca

A Rappelli · Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I

Alessandro Menotti · Italian Association for Cancer Research

M Zuccaro · Ospedale Israelitico

A. Coppini

Abstract

In elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension, administration of lacidipine or chlorthalidone markedly reduced systolic blood pressure with no difference in the incidence of cardiovascular events and total mortality.

Topics & Keywords

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Computational Drug Discovery Methods

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Blood Pressure

Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. 160-167

DOI: 10.1080/08037050310009545

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