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SUBMITTER: Tung YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8030826 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tung Ying-Chang YC Huang Yu-Chang YC Wu Lung-Sheng LS Chang Chee-Jen CJ Chu Pao-Hsien PH
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20170530 10
Using the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, the authors identified 1136 patients taking fixed-dose combination and 4544 patients taking free combinations of an angiotensin II receptor blocker and a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker from January 2009 to December 2012. At a mean follow-up of 2.1 years, the fixed-dose combination was associated with improved medication adherence and persistence and better survival free from major adverse cardiac events and hospitalization ...[more]