HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT AND STROKE PREVENTION ...
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ALLHAT<br />
AHT RATIONALE<br />
• 50-60 million hypertensive patients in US<br />
• Estimated Cost: $37 billion annually<br />
• Drugs FDA approved on ability to lower BP<br />
• CCB & ACE-I shown to reduce CVD-2001<br />
• Are they all equal-clinical outcomes/AEs?<br />
• Which drug should be used first?<br />
– Relative Efficacy-unknown<br />
– Relative Cost-known
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