Pharmacological properties of angiotensin-II receptor antagonists. Do they all belong to the same class of drugs?;Características farmacológicas de los ARA-II. ¿Son todos iguales?

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia Suplementos

Volumn 6, Issue C, 2006, Pages

  Tamargo, Juan ^a   Caballero, Ricardo ^a   Gómez, Ricardo ^a   Núñez, Lucía ^a   Vaquero, Miguel ^a   Delpón, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

AT1 receptor; AT1 receptor antagonists; Diabetes mellitus; Heart failure; Hypertension; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

2 BUTYL 4 CHLORO 1 [[2' (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL) 4 BIPHENYLYL]METHYL] 5 IMIDAZOLECARBOXYLIC ACID; AMILORIDE; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CANDESARTAN; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; CAPTOPRIL; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; EPROSARTAN; FELODIPINE; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; IRBESARTAN; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; NIFEDIPINE; OLMESARTAN; PLACEBO; SPIRONOLACTONE; TELMISARTAN; TRIAMTERENE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALSARTAN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SPECIFICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 35948991468     PISSN: 11313587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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