AT1 receptor antagonists: Vascular protection beyond blood pressure reduction?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2345-2346

  Hayoz, Daniel ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VALSARTAN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR;

AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN;

EID: 0036910568     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200212000-00008     Document Type: Note

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