Effects of verapamil, an antagonist of L-type calcium channels, on cardiovascular symptoms in alcohol withdrawal

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 123-127

  Kähkönen, Seppo ^a   Bondarenko, Boris B ^c   Lipsanen, Jari ^b   Zvartau, Edwin E ^c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcohol withdrawal; Blood pressure; Cardiac output; Heart rate; Hemodynamics; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; STROKE VOLUME; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 55449097816     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000170393     Document Type: Article

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