Clinical Trial: Atorvastatin as an Antihypertensive Agent
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition: Atorvastatin Antihypertensive Effect
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Effect of Atorvastatin in the Management of Hypertension
Brief Summary:
This study is aimed to see the antihypertensive effect of statin (Atorvastatin) as certain animal models have shown that statins have the voltage-gated calcium channel blocking effect. It will be a randomized controlled trial that will be done in Ayub Hospital Complex Abbottabad. After ethical approval, 120 patients with newly diagnosed hypertension belonging to either gender and aged 35 and above will be enrolled in the trial. They will randomly be grouped into two groups with each group comprising 60 patients.…
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