Newer is not always better: all antihypertensive medications do not equally reduce cardiovascular risk

Editorial

Gerald W Smetana. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Jun.

. 2012 Jun;27(6):618-20.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2020-x.

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Comment on

Updated report on comparative effectiveness of ACE inhibitors, ARBs, and direct renin inhibitors for patients with essential hypertension: much more data, little new information.
Powers BJ, Coeytaux RR, Dolor RJ, Hasselblad V, Patel UD, Yancy WS Jr, Gray RN, Irvine RJ, Kendrick AS, Sanders GD. Powers BJ, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Jun;27(6):716-29. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1938-8. Epub 2011 Dec 7. J Gen Intern Med. 2012. PMID: 22147122 Free PMC article.

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