"Calcium Channel Blockers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A class of drugs that act by selective inhibition of calcium influx through cellular membranes.
| Descriptor ID |
D002121
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.562.249 D27.505.954.411.192
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| Concept/Terms |
Calcium Channel Blockers- Calcium Channel Blockers
- Blockers, Calcium Channel
- Channel Blockers, Calcium
- Calcium Channel Antagonists
- Antagonists, Calcium Channel
- Calcium Channel Blocking Drugs
Calcium Antagonists, Exogenous- Calcium Antagonists, Exogenous
- Antagonists, Exogenous Calcium
- Exogenous Calcium Inhibitors
- Exogenous Calcium Antagonists
- Exogenous Calcium Blockaders
- Calcium Blockaders, Exogenous
- Calcium Inhibitors, Exogenous
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Calcium Channel Blockers" by people in Profiles.
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Interventions for helping to turn term breech babies to head first presentation when using external cephalic version. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Feb 09; (2):CD000184.
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Interventions for helping to turn term breech babies to head first presentation when using external cephalic version. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Jan 18; 1:CD000184.
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Functional variants of the angiotensinogen gene determine antihypertensive responses to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in subjects of African origin. J Hypertens. 2006 Jun; 24(6):1057-64.
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Effect of slow-release indapamide and perindopril compared with amlodipine on 24-hour blood pressure and left ventricular mass in hypertensive patients of African ancestry. Am J Hypertens. 2004 May; 17(5 Pt 1):428-32.
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Relationship between treatment-induced changes in left ventricular mass and blood pressure in black african hypertensive patients: results of the Baragwanath Trial. Circulation. 2002 Feb 19; 105(7):830-6.
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Efficacy of different drug classes used to initiate antihypertensive treatment in black subjects: results of a randomized trial in Johannesburg, South Africa. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Apr 09; 161(7):965-71.
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Calcium channel blockers for potential impaired fetal growth. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000; (2):CD000049.
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Antihypertensive monotherapy with nisoldipine CC is superior to enalapril in black patients with severe hypertension. Am J Hypertens. 1999 Feb; 12(2 Pt 1):194-203.