Aspirin: A novel antihypertensive drug? Or two birds with one stone?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 984-985

  Messerli, Franz H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY; CHRONOTHERAPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NIGHT; NOTE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE;

EID: 24944543955     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.06.050     Document Type: Editorial

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