RT Journal
A1 Sciarretta S, Palano F, Tocci G, Baldini R, Volpe M
T1 Antihypertensive treatment and development of heart failure in hypertension: A bayesian network meta-analysis of studies in patients with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD March 14
VO 171
IS 5
SP 384
OP 394
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.427
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.427
AB 
Heart failure (HF) represents the final common pathway of the clinical history of different cardiac diseases, and it is viewed today as one of the major health care problems worldwide.1 Arterial hypertension represents the most common cause of predisposition to the development of HF, which is also independent of the occurrence of coronary artery disease,2- 3 as highlighted by the Framingham Heart study4 and the Rotterdam study.5