PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vidt, Donald G.
TI  - ALLHAT says diuretics are better; ANBP2 says ACEs are better—Can we resolve the differences?
DP  - 2004 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 145--150
VI  - 71
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/2/145.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/2/145.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2004 Feb 01; 71
AB  - The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) and the second Australian National Blood Pressure Study (ANBP2) came to different conclusions about which class of drug to try first for treating high blood pressure: a diuretic or an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. But when examined closely, the results may not be all that different after all.