Antihypertensive therapy: The concepts of management with herbal and synthetic agents for pulmonary hypertension

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-79

  Rout, Susanta Kumar ^a   Dutta, Saptorshi ^a   Sengupta, Mukul ^a   Das, Srimanta ^a   Rout, Bikram ^a  

^a LB Rao Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive drugs; Diuretics; Management; Pharmacotherapeutic; Pulmonaryhypertension

Indexed keywords

AMBRISENTAN; AMLODIPINE; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BOSENTAN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ILOPROST; NIFEDIPINE; PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL; VASODILATOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRATAEGUS; CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; CYANOSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FATIGUE; GARLIC; GENETIC SCREENING; HEADACHE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG EDEMA; LIVER INJURY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUERARIA; PUERARIA LOBATA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; TILIA EUROPEA; TILIACEAE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VISCUM ALBUM; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 79952030679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0976044X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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