Amlodipine Lowers Blood Pressure without Significant Effect on Cerebral Blood Flow in Hypertensive Patients with a History of Stroke: A Quantitative Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Study

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 266-270

  Shimizu, Hiroaki ^a   Tominaga, Teiji ^b   Fujiwara, Satoru ^a  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Blood pressure; Cerebral blood flow; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; XENON 133;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0346725955     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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