Effects of Carvedilol on the Hemodymamics and its Tolerance in Elderly Patients

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 187-192

  Asai, Toshinobu ^a   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a   Koike, Akihiko ^a   Kanda, Shigeru ^a   Maeda, Keiko ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Beta blocker; Carvedilol; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARVEDILOL; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARBAZOLES; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROPANOLAMINES;

EID: 0036518292     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.39.187     Document Type: Article

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