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Drugs acting on the heart: antihypertensive drugs

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posted on 2019-05-08, 09:11 authored by Matthew Charlton, Jonathan Thompson
Antihypertensive drugs are used commonly in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine. Patients might require antihypertensive drugs before surgery for the treatment of essential hypertension, pre-eclampsia or, occasionally for conditions such as phaeochromocytoma; during surgery as part of a deliberate hypotensive anaesthetic technique; or to reduce postoperative cardiovascular complications. Here, we discuss the physiology of blood pressure control, the pharmacology of antihypertensive drugs, current guidelines, and practical applications of antihypertensive therapy.

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Citation

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, 2018, 19 (7), pp. 365-369 (5)

Author affiliation

/Organisation/COLLEGE OF LIFE SCIENCES/School of Medicine/Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Published in

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

Publisher

Elsevier Masson for Medicine Publishing

issn

1472-0299

eissn

1878-7584

Copyright date

2018

Available date

2019-05-28

Publisher version

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472029918301048?via=ihub

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Language

en