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Can lowering blood pressure prevent vascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes?

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boxed-textPatel A et al. for the ADVANCE Collaborative Group (2007) Effects of a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide on macrovascular and microvascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the ADVANCE trial): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 370: 829–840

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  1. Study Coordinating Centre, Division of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Leuven–Gasthuisberg Campus, Box 702, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium jan.staessen@med.kuleuven.be

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  1. Hypertension Unit in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, JA Staessen heads the Study Coordinating Centre, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,

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JA Staessen has acted as a Consultant and received research support from Daiichi Sankyo, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma, Pfizer, and Sigma-Tau. Additionally, he has received Speaker's Bureau honoraria from Pfizer.

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