Nifedipine for angina and acute myocardial ischemia
January 1983
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volume 59 pp 40-58.
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This paper reviews the mechanisms believed to be responsible for myocardial ischaemia and the mode of action of calcium antagonist drugs. The clinical management of patients with myocardial ischaemia is discussed in the context of current knowledge about patho-physiology and drug action.
Keywords
- Animals
- Human
- Acute Disease
- 0 (Pyridines)
- 21829-25-4 (Nifedipine)
- Pyridines/*therapeutic use
- Swine
- Coronary Circulation/drug effects
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Oxygen Consumption/drug effects
- Hemodynamic Processes/drug effects
- 0 (Calcium Channel Blockers)
- Angina Pectoris/*drug therapy
- Calcium Channel Blockers/pharmacology/*therapeutic use
- Coronary Disease/*drug therapy/physiopathology
- Nifedipine/pharmacology/*therapeutic use
