Current therapeutic approaches to cardio-protection in hypertension

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Parra, David ^a,b   Hough, Augustus ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Antihypertensive drugs; Blood pressure; Blood pressure determination; Cardiovascular disease; Chronotherapy; Hypertension; Hypertension resistant to conventional therapy; Impedance cardiography; Individualized medicine; Masked hypertension; White coat hypertension

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; CAPTOPRIL; CHLORTALIDONE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; INDAPAMIDE; LISINOPRIL; LOSARTAN; PERINDOPRIL; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; TELMISARTAN; TRANDOLAPRIL; VALSARTAN; VERAPAMIL; ZOFENOPRIL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONOTHERAPY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG TARGETING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT RISK; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84902910785     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-014-0457-5     Document Type: Review

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