Calcium antagonists: Do they equally protect against kidney injury?
Calcium antagonists are a heterogeneous group of drugs that affect not only different channels but different parts of the same channel. These differences translate into different renal hemodynamic effects. This Commentary discusses the implications of these differences for surrogate markers of outcome.
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1Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D020747:Calcium Channels, T-Type / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*
D020747:Calcium Channels, T-Type; D002118:Calcium