Nifedipine versus carvedilol in the treatment of de novo arterial hypertension after liver transplantation: Results of a controlled clinical trial

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1020-1028

  Galioto, Alessandra ^a   Semplicini, Andrea ^a   Zanus, Giacomo ^a   Fasolato, Silvano ^a   Sticca, Antonietta ^a   Boccagni, Patrizia ^a   Frigo, Anna Chiara ^a   Cillo, Umberto ^a   Gatta, Angelo ^a   Angeli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; NIFEDIPINE; RAMIPRIL; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEG EDEMA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEAKNESS;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARBAZOLES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFEDIPINE; PROPANOLAMINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48949120189     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21442     Document Type: Article

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