What can we expect in antihypertensive drug therapy?
In the present brief survey on new developments in the drug treatment of essential hypertension, the following issues are summarized: the treatment of hypertension in diabetics, patients with left ventricular hypertrophy, and the elderly; new antihypertensive drugs, including a hybrid (multifactorial) antihypertensive drug with both calcium and alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonistic activity, as well as angiotensin II-receptor antagonists; and finally, gene therapy in hypertension.
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Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000145:classification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents