Abstract
The physiopathology of hypertension is not fully understood, though the haemodynamic pictures accompanying the various arterial forms have been established. Clinical employment of antihypertensive drugs should tend to correct these pictures and the extent to which this is true is examined in the light of the latest evidence with respect to the drugs most commonly used.
MeSH terms
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Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / pharmacology
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Antihypertensive Agents / classification
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Antihypertensive Agents / pharmacology*
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Cardiac Output / drug effects
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Diuretics / pharmacology
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Guanethidine / pharmacology
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Hemodynamics / drug effects*
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Humans
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Hyperaldosteronism / physiopathology
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Hypertension / classification*
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Hypertension / drug therapy
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Hypertension / etiology
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Hypertension, Renal / etiology
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Methyldopa / pharmacology
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Sympathetic Nervous System / drug effects
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Vascular Resistance / drug effects
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Vasodilator Agents / pharmacology
Substances
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Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
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Antihypertensive Agents
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Diuretics
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Vasodilator Agents
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Methyldopa
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Guanethidine