Spironolactone, eplerenone and the new aldosterone blockers in endocrine and primary hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-15

  Colussi, Gianluca ^a   Catena, Cristiana ^a   Sechi, Leonardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

albuminuria; aldosterone; aldosterone synthase inhibitors; cardiovascular disease; insulin resistance; leftventricular hypertrophy; mineralocorticoid receptor blockers; renal disease

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMILORIDE; BR 4628; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANRENOATE POTASSIUM; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; EPLERENONE; FELODIPINE; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NIMODIPINE; NITRENDIPINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TRIAMTERENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; AMENORRHEA; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST TENDERNESS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GYNECOMASTIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPOTENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIBIDO DISORDER; MASTALGIA; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUSCLE CRAMP; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 84871721510     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283599b6a     Document Type: Review

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