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Antihypertensive Agents

Known as: Hypotensives, High Blood Pressure Medicines, Blood Pressure Medicines 
Drugs used in the treatment of acute or chronic vascular HYPERTENSION regardless of pharmacological mechanism. Among the antihypertensive agents are… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Thiazide diuretics, hypokalemia and cardiac arrhythmias.
Thiazide diuretics are widely accepted as the cornerstone of antihypertensive treatment programs. Hypokalemia is a commonly… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Gelatin microspheres crosslinked with D,L-glyceraldehyde as a potential drug delivery system: preparation, characterisation, in vitro and in vivo studies.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The thiazolidinedione rosiglitazone (BRL-49653) lowers blood pressure and protects against impairment of endothelial function in Zucker fatty rats.
Human obesity is associated with insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and a predisposition to hypertension and vascular disease… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Structure-activity relationships of K+ channel openers.
Review
1988
Review
1988
Left ventricular hypertrophy in end-stage renal disease.
To determine the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH; left ventricular wall thickness greater than or equal to 1-2 cm… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Renal kallikrein-kinin system.
In the last decade, our knowledge of the renal kallikrein-kinin system has been advanced significantly. More specific and… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Therapeutic benefits of exercise training for hemodialysis patients.
Twenty-five hemodialysis patients were randomized into comparable exercising (E, N = 14) and sedentary control (N = 11) groups… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Total synthesis of (R)-glycerol acetonide and the antiepileptic and hypotensive drug (-)-gamma-amino-beta-hydroxybutyric acid (GABOB): use of vitamin C as a chiral starting material
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) (9) is shown to be a useful, inexpensive chiral starting material for natural products synthesis. It is… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Hydralazine
SummaryHydralazine is widely used as a peripheral vasodilator antihypertensive drug. During recent years, knowledge has… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Effect of Drugs on the Uptake and Release of 3H-Norepinephrine in the Rat Heart
FOLLOWING the administration of a wide variety of drugs such as psychoactive agents (reserpine, chlorpromazine, imipramine… 
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