Pharmacology of Antihypertensive Drugs
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Pharmacology of Antihypertensive Drugs

  1. 386 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Pharmacology of Antihypertensive Drugs

About this book

Handbook of Hypertension, Volume 3: Pharmacology of Antihypertensive Drugs presents the biological and clinical knowledge in the field of hypertension. This book discusses the fundamental pharmacology of antihypertensive drugs. Organized into 12 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the classification of antihypertensive mechanisms of drugs. This text then examines the effects of antihypertensive drugs in animal models and discusses the importance of these models and responses to human hypertension. Other chapters consider the pharmacological basis for the treatment of hypertension. This book discusses as well the various classes of antihypertensive drugs, which depends on two factors. The final chapter deals with the inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme, which are essential in the drug treatment of hypertensive disease. This book is a valuable resource for clinicians, pharmacists, physiologists, epidemiologists, biological scientists, and general practitioners. Clinical investigators and medical students will also find this book extremely useful.

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Information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780444903136
eBook ISBN
9781483257242
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Pharmacology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Pharmacology of Antihypertensive Drugs
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1. General introduction: the classification of antihypertensive drugs
  9. Chapter 2. Animal models in experimental hypertension: relevance to drug testing and discovery
  10. Chapter 3. The interaction of antihypertensive drugs with mechanisms of blood pressure regulation
  11. Chapter 4. Diuretic drugs in hypertension
  12. Chapter 5. Centrally acting hypotensive drugs
  13. Chapter 6. α-Methyldopa and related compounds
  14. Chapter 7. Depressants of peripheral sympathetic nerve function
  15. Chapter 8. α-Adrenoceptor antagonists
  16. Chapter 9. β-Adrenoceptor antagonists
  17. Chapter 10. Vasodilator drugs with direct action on smooth muscle
  18. Chapter 11. Calcium entry blockers (calcium antagonists)
  19. Chapter 12. Angiotensin-Converting enzyme inhibitors
  20. Index