Desperate diseases, desperate measures: Tackling malignant hypertension in the 1950s

American Heart Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 197-203

  Ventura, Hector O ^a   Mehra, Mandeep R ^a   Messerli, Franz H ^b  

^a Department of Cardiology New Orleans ^*  (United States)

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HEXAMETHONIUM; PYROGEN; RESERPINE; VERATRUM ALKALOID;

DIET; HUMAN; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICE; SYMPATHECTOMY;

EID: 0034906794     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.116480     Document Type: Article

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