The heart and conduit vessels in hypertension

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1247-1271

  Mitchell, G F ^a   Pfeffer, J M ^a   Pfeffer, M A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; VASODILATOR AGENT; ZOFENOPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAT; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0030666559     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70581-2     Document Type: Article

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