title: Some historical aspects of the development of cardiovascular drugs.
abstract: This is a short historical overview on the development of important cardiovascular drugs. Agents developed during the last 75 years and with relations to German-speaking countries and the German Society of Cardiology (GSC) are primarily discussed. Other compounds, e.g., nitrates, statins or thrombolytics, which have been discovered elsewhere, are not covered in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistrasse 52 D-20246 Hamburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scholz
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000266:history; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents