Hypertension in aortic coarctation

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 733-742

  Hager, A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic coarction; Cardiovascular diseases; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CAPTOPRIL; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRILAT; ESMOLOL; HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; RENIN INHIBITOR; RESERPINE; TRIMETAPHAN;

AORTA COARCTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTIC COARCTATION; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BAROREFLEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIURETICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77949696702     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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