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Preferred term

Antihypertensive Agents  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Drugs used in the treatment of acute or chronic vascular HYPERTENSION regardless of pharmacological mechanism. Among the antihypertensive agents are DIURETICS; (especially DIURETICS, THIAZIDE); ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; and VASODILATOR AGENTS.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Anti-Hypertensive
  • Antihypertensive
  • Anti-Hypertensive Agent
  • Antihypertensive Agent
  • Anti-Hypertensive Agents
  • Anti-Hypertensive Drug
  • Antihypertensive Drug
  • Anti-Hypertensive Drugs
  • Antihypertensive Drugs
  • Anti-Hypertensives
  • Antihypertensives

In other languages

  • French

  • Agents antihypertenseurs
  • Anti-hypertenseurs
  • Médicaments antihypertenseurs

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