Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17703637›Full record

ReviewVascular health and risk management2007

Fixed combination of losartan and hydrochlorothiazide and reduction of risk of stroke.

Sverre E Kjeldsen, Paulette A Lyle, Jorge R Kizer, Suzanne Oparil, Aud Høieggen, Ingrid Os

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Review in Vascular health and risk management, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sverre E KjeldsenDepartment of Cardiology, Ullevaal University Hospital, N-0407 Oslo, Norway. s.e.kjeldsen@medisin.uio.no
Paulette A Lyle
Jorge R Kizer
Suzanne Oparil
Aud Høieggen
Ingrid Os
Oslo University Hospital · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A fixed-dose combination of losartan/hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) therapy may be a logical choice for antihypertensive treatment, including for initial therapy in patients with blood pressure elevation >20/10 mmHg above treatment target. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system-activating effect of hydrochlorothiazide augments the efficacy of blocking the angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor with losartan. Some adverse effects associated with hydrochlorothiazide, including increased risk for new-onset diabetes mellitus, may be offset by losartan. Losartan was frequently administered with hydrochlorothiazide in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension (LIFE) study, in which there was a 25% risk reduction for stroke in the losartan-based compared with the atenolol-based treatment group. The efficacy, tolerability, and convenience of losartan/HCTZ combination therapy may increase patient compliance and lower risk for stroke, a devastating outcome in patients with hypertension.

Indexed as

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAntihypertensive AgentsDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansHydrochlorothiazideHypertensionLosartanRisk FactorsStrokeAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAntihypertensive AgentsHydrochlorothiazideLosartan

Identifiers

PMID17703637
PMCPMC2293966
OpenAlexW1605455127

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