Treatment of Hypertension

Summary

To determine whether the long-term treatment of essential hypertension without significant target organ disease materially influenced mortality and/or cardiovascular renal morbidity.

Timeline

Start

1966-04

Primary completion

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Completion

1979-01

Publications

• Background U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals Cooperative Study Group. Smith WM, et al: Intervention Trial in Mild Hypertension. Epidemiology and Control of Hypertension. Paul, O (Ed.), Symposia Specialists, Miami, l975, pp. 46l-483.
• Background Smith WM. Mild essential hypertension: benefit of treatment: discussion. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1978 Mar 30;304:74-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1978.tb25573.x. No abstract available.
• Background Smith WM, Edlavitch SA, and Krushat WM: U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals Intervention Trial in Mild Hypertension. Hypertension, Determinants, Complications, and Intervention. Onesti G, and Klimt C, (Eds.), Grune & Stratton, New York, l979, pp. 38l-399.
• Background Smith WM: Hypertension--Effectiveness of Early Treatment in Preventing Sequellae. Proceedings of the Eisenhower Medical Center. Preventive Interventions in the Practice of Medicine, Spring, l979, pp. 8l-87.
• Background Smith WM, Edlavitch SA, and Krushat WM: Prevention of Stroke in Mild Hypertension: Public Health Service Hospitals Trial. Perspectives in Cardiovascular Research, Vol. 4. Prophylactic Approach to Hypertensive Diseases, Yamori Y, Lovenberg W, and Freis ED, (Eds.), Raven Press, New York, l979, pp. 53-62.

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