Calcium Channel Blockers and Hypertension

ProCOR Team
2001-10-23

Read on for an evaluation of the current position of calcium channel blockers (CCB) in antihypertensive treatment.

"Calcium channel blockers in hypertension: reappraisal after new trials and major meta-analyses"

Abstract by Lionel H. Opie, Cape Heart Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

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