Calcium Channel Blockers and Hypertension
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2014 Effective treatment of high blood pressure (BP) represents a key strategy for reducing the burden of hypertension-related cardiovascular and renal diseases. In spite of these well-established concepts, hypertension remains poorly controlled worldwide.
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Discovery and Development of Calcium Channel Blockers
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2017 In the mid 1960s, experimental work on molecules under screening as coronary dilators allowed the discovery of the mechanism of calcium entry blockade by drugs later named calcium channel blockers. This paper summarizes scientific research on these small
Théophile Godfraind
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Comparison of non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers with beta blockers as treatment for atrial fibrillation: protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis [PDF]
Systematic ReviewsBackground Heart rate control is one of the cornerstones of atrial fibrillation (AF) management and is recommended in all AF patients, even as background therapy for rhythm control.
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Calcium channel blockers- Induced iatrogenic gingival hyperplasia: Case series
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2023 Hypertension rightfully termed as “Silent killer” is associated with increase in morbidity and mortality when left untreated. Calcium channel blockers are the most commonly prescribed first-line anti-hypertensive drugs in India.
G Agnes Golda Priyadarshini +4 more
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Telangiectasia Macularis Multiplex Acquisita and its Potential Association with Calcium Channel Blockers: A Retrospective Study of 46 Chinese Patients [PDF]
Acta Dermato-VenereologicaTelangiectasia macularis multiplex acquisita is an acquired cutaneous telangiectasis of unknown aetiology, and it lacks both effective and cost-efficient treatment.
Tian Chen +6 more
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Are calcium channel blockers related to lung cancer? [PDF]
Drug Target Insights, 2023 Background: Calcium channel blocker (CCB) is a common antihypertensive agent for the treatment of hypertension. There are inconsistent data of an association of CCB and lung cancer in the literature.
Ratchanon Rattanathanoo +5 more
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The Evolving Role of Calcium Channel Blockers in Hypertension Management: Pharmacological and Clinical Considerations [PDF]
Current Issues in Molecular BiologyWorldwide, hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death. An estimated 122 million people, per the American Heart Association in 2023, have been diagnosed with this common condition.
Kamryn E. Jones +11 more
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Calcium-Channel Blockers: An Alternative Therapy to Beta-Blockers for Myocardial Infarction? [PDF]
JACC Asia, 2023 Hao K, Yasuda S.
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The role of calcium channel blockers in wound healing [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2018 Wound healing is a natural response to restore the injured tissue to normal. Wound healing is also complicated process involving different cellular, molecular and biochemical mechanisms and various types of cytokines and growth factors.
Hoda Mojiri-Forushani
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Renoprotective effect of calcium channel blockers [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2009 The advancing chronic renal failure is at most the consequence of secondary haemodynamic and metabolic factors as intraglomerular hypertension and glomerular hypertrophy.
Dimković Nada, Dimković Siniša
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