| Literature DB >> 28560786 |
Ying-Chang Tung1, Yu-Chang Huang1, Lung-Sheng Wu1, Chee-Jen Chang2, Pao-Hsien Chu1,3,4.
Abstract
Using the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, the authors identified 1136 patients taking fixed-dose combination and 4544 patients taking free combinations of an angiotensin II receptor blocker and a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker from January 2009 to December 2012. At a mean follow-up of 2.1 years, the fixed-dose combination was associated with improved medication adherence and persistence and better survival free from major adverse cardiac events and hospitalization for heart failure compared with the free combination regimens. ©2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Entities:
Keywords: angiotensin II receptor blocker; dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker; fixed-dose combination; hypertension; major adverse cardiac event
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28560786 PMCID: PMC8030826 DOI: 10.1111/jch.13035
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) ISSN: 1524-6175 Impact factor: 3.738