Concomitant diseases in elderly hypertensives: The position of nicardipine

Journal of Hypertension, Supplement

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Zannad, Faiez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium antagonists; Dihydropyridines; Elderly; Hypertension; Nicardipine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; NICARDIPINE; RENIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGED; AGING; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0030449887     PISSN: 09521178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199610003-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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