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In women with hypertension and no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a regimen of a diuretic plus either a beta-blocker or angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor reduces the risk of CVD mortality compared with a diuretic plus calcium channel blocker. The evidence continues to mount that calcium channel blockers should be the agent of last resort in the treatment of most patients with hypertension. (LOE=2b–)

 
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Wassertheil-Smoller S, Psaty B, Greenland P, et al. Association between cardiovascular outcomes and antihypertensive drug treatment in older women. JAMA 2004; 292:2849–2859.

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In women with hypertension and no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a regimen of a diuretic plus either a beta-blocker or angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor reduces the risk of CVD mortality compared with a diuretic plus calcium channel blocker. The evidence continues to mount that calcium channel blockers should be the agent of last resort in the treatment of most patients with hypertension. (LOE=2b–)

 
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In women with hypertension and no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a regimen of a diuretic plus either a beta-blocker or angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor reduces the risk of CVD mortality compared with a diuretic plus calcium channel blocker. The evidence continues to mount that calcium channel blockers should be the agent of last resort in the treatment of most patients with hypertension. (LOE=2b–)

 
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