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Less Atherosclerosis and Lower Blood Pressure for a Meaningful Life Perspective With More Brain by Staessen, Jan A, Richart, Tom, Birkenhäger, Willem H

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Placebo-Controlled Trials of Blood Pressure–Lowering Therapies for Primary Prevention of Dementia by Staessen, Jan A, Thijs, Lutgarde, Richart, Tom, Odili, Augustine N, Birkenhäger, Willem H

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Essential hypertension by Staessen, Jan A, Wang, Jiguang, Bianchi, Giuseppe, Birkenhäger, Willem H

“…Hypertension is a frequent, chronic, age-related disorder, which often entails debilitating cardiovascular and renal complications. Blood pressure is usually…”
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Effects of immediate versus delayed antihypertensive therapy on outcome in the Systolic Hypertension in Europe Trial by Staessen, Jan A, Thijs, Lutgarde, Fagard, Robert, Celis, Hilde, Birkenhäger, Willem H, Bulpitt, Christopher J, de Leeuw, Peter W, Fletcher, Astrid E, Forette, Françoise, Leonetti, Gastone, McCormack, Patricia, Nachev, Choudomir, O'Brien, Eoin, Rodicio, José L, Rosenfeld, Joseph, Sarti, Cinzia, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Webster, John, Yodfat, Yair, Zanchetti, Alberto

“…BACKGROUNDTo assess the impact of immediate versus delayed antihypertensive treatment on the outcome of older patients with isolated systolic hypertension, we…”
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Prognostic significance of serum creatinine and uric acid in older Chinese patients with isolated systolic hypertension by WANG, Ji-Guang, STAESSEN, Jan A, FAGARD, Robert H, BIRKENHÄGER, Willem H, LANSHENG GONG, LISHENG LIU

“…We examined the relation of serum creatinine and uric acid to mortality and cardiovascular disease in older (aged >/=60 years) Chinese patients with isolated…”
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Effects of three candidate genes on prevalence and incidence of hypertension in a Caucasian population by Staessen, Jan A, Wang, Ji-Guang, Brand, Eva, Barlassina, Cristina, Birkenhäger, Willem H, Herrmann, Stefan-Martin, Fagard, Robert, Tizzoni, Laura, Bianchi, Giuseppe

“…BACKGROUNDThe genes encoding angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE, I/D), α-adducin (ADD, Gly460Trp) and aldosterone synthase (AS, − 344C/T) share the potential…”
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Prognostic Significance of Electrocardiographic Voltages and Their Serial Changes in Elderly With Systolic Hypertension by Fagard, Robert H, Staessen, Jan A, Thijs, Lutgarde, Celis, Hilde, Birkenhäger, Willem H, Bulpitt, Christopher J, de Leeuw, Peter W, Leonetti, Gastone, Sarti, Cinzia, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Webster, John, Yodfat, Yair

“…The aim of the present study was to assess the prognostic value of ECG voltages at baseline and their serial changes during follow-up in a large prospective…”
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Progress in cardiovascular diseases: cognitive function in essential hypertension by Birkenhäger, Willem H, Staessen, Jan A

“…Essential hypertension has rather recently become recognized as a major factor in the development of the 2 main types of dementia, that is, no longer merely…”
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Outcome beyond blood pressure control? by Staessen, Jan A, Wang, Ji-Guang, Birkenhäger, Willem H

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Imidapril: will fewer adverse events translate into better long-term outcomes? by Richart, Tom, Staessen, Jan A, Birkenhäger, Willem H

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Added VALUE of an ancillary study on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring by Staessen, Jan A, Hansen, Tine Willum, Birkenhäger, Willem H

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Cognitive Impairment and Blood Pressure: Quo Usque Tandem Abutere Patientia Nostra? by Staessen, Jan A, Birkenhäger, Willem H

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Noncardiovascular Illness as Barrier to Antihypertensive Treatment by Staessen, Jan A, Thijs, Lutgarde, Birkenhäger, Willem H

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Evidence that new antihypertensives are superior to older drugs by Staessen, Jan A, Birkenhäger, Willem H

“…ALLHAT and ASCOT had the same primary endpoint of coronary mortality and non-fatal myocardial infarction. In ALLHAT, the relative hazard ratios for the primary…”
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Update on the Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) Trial by Staessen, Jan A, Thijs, Lutgarde, Birkenhager, Willem H, Bulpitt, Christopher J, Fagard, Robert

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Effects of Calcium-Channel Blockade in Older Patients with Diabetes and Systolic Hypertension by Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Rastenyte, Daiva, Birkenhäger, Willem H, Thijs, Lutgarde, Antikainen, Riitta, Bulpitt, Christopher J, Fletcher, Astrid E, Forette, Françoise, Goldhaber, Adiv, Palatini, Paolo, Sarti, Cinzia, Staessen, Jan A, Fagard, Robert

“…Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with diabetes mellitus. 1 Calcium-channel blockers have been found to be…”
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Prevention of dementia in randomised double-blind placebo-controlled Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) trial by Forette, Françoise, Seux, Marie-Laure, Staessen, Jan A, Thijs, Lutgarde, Birkenhäger, Willem H, Babarskiene, Marija-Ruta, Babeanu, Speranta, Bossini, Alfredo, Gil-Extremera, Blas, Girerd, Xavier, Laks, Tovio, Lilov, Emil, Moisseyev, Valentine, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Vanhanen, Hannu, Webster, John, Yodfat, Yair, Fagard, Robert

“…Systolic hypertension increases the risk of dementia in elderly people. The vascular dementia project, set up in the framework of the double-blind…”
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Dual inhibition of the renin system by aliskiren and valsartan by Birkenhäger, Willem H, Staessen, Jan A

“…In today's Lancet, Suzanne Oparil and colleagues report the first large-scale (more than 1700 patients) randomised study of dual renin-system inhibition with…”
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Calcium Channel Blockade and Cardiovascular Prognosis in the European Trial on Isolated Systolic Hypertension by Staessen, Jan A, Thijs, Lutgarde, Fagard, Robert H, Birkenhager, Willem H, Arabidze, Guramy, Babeanu, Speranta, Gil-Extremera, Blas, Bulpitt, Christopher J, Davidson, Christopher, de Leeuw, Peter W, Efstratopoulos, Aris D, Fletcher, Astrid E, Fogari, Roberto, Jaaskivi, Matti, Kawecka-Jaszcz, Kalina, Nachev, Choudomir, Petrie, James C, Seux, Marie-Laure, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Webster, John, Yodfat, Yair

“…In the double-blind Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) Trial, active treatment was initiated with nitrendipine (10 to 40 mg/d) with the possible…”
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Prognostic significance of renal function in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension: Results from the Syst-Eur trial by DE LEEUW, Peter W, THIJS, Lutgarde, ROSENFELD, Joseph J, SARTI, Cinzia, STAESSEN, Jan A, BIRKENHÄGER, Willem H, VOYAKI, Sophia M, EFSTRATOPOULOS, Aris D, FAGARD, Robert H, LEONETTI, Gastone, NACHEV, Choudomir, PETRIE, James C, RODICIO, José L

“…Several reports suggest that markers of renal function such as serum creatinine, serum uric acid, and urinary excretion of protein may be related to…”
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