Hypertension: Drug therapy options for older patients

Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 27-37

  Butler, Robert N ^b   August, Phyllis ^b   Ferdinand, Keith C ^b   Phillips, Robert A ^b   Roccella, Edward J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOSELECTIVITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DIURETICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE;

EID: 0032792278     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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