Valsartan 160 mg/Amlodipine 5 mg Combination Therapy versus Amlodipine 10 mg in Hypertensive Patients with Inadequate Response to Amlodipine 5 mg Monotherapy |
Sung, Jidong
(Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular and Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Jeong, Jin-Ok (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine) Kwon, Sung Uk (Department of Internal Medicine, Vision 21 Cardiac and Vascular Center, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine) Won, Kyung Heon (Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Seoul Medical Center) Kim, Byung Jin (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Cho, Byung Ryul (Division of Interventional Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital) Kim, Myeong-Kon (Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyung Hee University Medical Center) Lee, Sahng (Cardiology Division, Internal medicine, Eulji University Hospital) Kim, Hak Jin (Department of Cardiology, Center for Clinical Specialty, National Cancer Center) Lim, Seong-Hoon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University Hospital) Park, Seung Woo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular and Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Park, Jeong Euy (Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular and Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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