From University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
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Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest:Consultancies: S. Oparil (Bristol Myers-Squibb, Biovail, Merck & Co., Pfizer, Reliant, Sanofi, Novartis, The Salt Institute, Wyeth); Grants received: S. Oparil (Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Aventis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Eli Lilly, Forest Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, King, Novartis (Ciba), Merck & Co., Pfizer, Sanofi/BioClin, Schering-Plough, Schwarz Pharma, Scios, Inc., G.D. Searle, Wyeth, Sankyo, Solvay, Encysive).
Requests for Single Reprints: Suzanne Oparil, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Zeigler Building 1034, 703 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294.
Current author addresses are available at www.annals.org.
Current Author Addresses: Drs. Oparil, Zaman, and Calhoun: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Zeigler Building 1034, 703 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294.
