2020 International Society of Hypertension Guidelines: preference of calcium channel blocker over thiazide-like diuretics lacks evidence

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¹ Medical Affairs & Clinical Research, Ipca Laboratories Limited, Mumbai, India.
² Texas Blood Pressure Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Endocrinology, Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai, India.

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Anil Pareek et al. J Hypertens. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;38(11):2335-2336.

doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002601.

¹ Medical Affairs & Clinical Research, Ipca Laboratories Limited, Mumbai, India.
² Texas Blood Pressure Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Endocrinology, Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai, India.

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Poulter N, Williams B, Unger T; 2020 ISH Global Hypertension Practice Guidelines Committee. Poulter N, et al. J Hypertens. 2020 Nov;38(11):2336-2337. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002602. J Hypertens. 2020. PMID: 33027114 No abstract available.

2020 International Society of Hypertension global hypertension practice guidelines.
Unger T, Borghi C, Charchar F, Khan NA, Poulter NR, Prabhakaran D, Ramirez A, Schlaich M, Stergiou GS, Tomaszewski M, Wainford RD, Williams B, Schutte AE. Unger T, et al. J Hypertens. 2020 Jun;38(6):982-1004. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002453. J Hypertens. 2020. PMID: 32371787 No abstract available.

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