Medicina: Cardiologia: Ipertensione arteriosa
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| calcium channel blockers |
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| Part of speech |
n.p.pl.
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| Definition |
Class of drugs which inhibit by a variety of mechanism, the slow inward current of calcium in cardiac and vascular smooth muscle cells. They therefore act as vasodilators by relaxing arterial smooth muscle.
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| Definition source |
(4)
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| Context |
Calcium channel blockers are effective as single-drug therapy in approximately 60% of patients and appear to be beneficial in all demographic groups and all grades of hypertension. As a result, they may be preferable to beta blockers and ACE inhibitors in black and older subjects.
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(56)
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| Synonym |
Ca antagonist, Ca entry blocking agent
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| Subject field |
Cardiology
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| Related concept |
slow/long acting calcium channel blockers, T-type calcium channel blockers, L-type calcium channel blockers, diydropyridine Ca antagonists
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| it |
CALCIO ANTAGONISTI
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