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Why do hypertensive patients of African ancestry respond better to calcium blockers and diuretics than to ACE inhibitors and β-adrenergic blockers? A systematic review

BACKGROUND: Clinicians are encouraged to take an individualized approach when treating hypertension in patients of African ancestry, but little is known about why the individual patient may respond well to calcium blockers and diuretics, but generally has an attenuated response to drugs inhibiting t...

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Autores principales: Brewster, Lizzy M, Seedat, Yackoob K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23721258
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-141