Aliskiren in the management of hypertension

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 349-358

  Barrios, Vivencio ^a   Escobar, Carlos ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

aliskiren; blood pressure; hypertension; renin.

Indexed keywords

ALISKIREN; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; CELECOXIB; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IRBESARTAN; KETOCONAZOLE; LOSARTAN; METFORMIN; MEVINOLIN; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; TELMISARTAN; VALSARTAN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANKLE EDEMA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MICROALBUMINURIA; MONOTHERAPY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SIDE EFFECT; TORSADE DES POINTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AMIDES; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FUMARATES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 78649339318     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: 1179187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11584980-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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