Management of hypertension in the setting of autonomic dysfunction

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-109

  Shibao, Cyndya ^b   Gamboa, Alfredo ^b   Diedrich, André ^b   Biaggioni, Italo ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDRALAZINE; MINOXIDIL; NIFEDIPINE; PLACEBO;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIURESIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EDEMA; HEAD POSITION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; REVIEW; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 33645576793     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-006-0002-1     Document Type: Review

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