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MeSH Heading: Antihypertensive Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.411.162
Unique ID: D000959
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000959
Annotation: not for ocular hypertension
Scope Note: Drugs used in the treatment of acute or chronic vascular HYPERTENSION regardless of pharmacological mechanism. Among the antihypertensive agents are DIURETICS; (especially DIURETICS, THIAZIDE); ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; and VASODILATOR AGENTS.
Entry Term(s): Anti-Hypertensive; Anti-Hypertensive Agent; Anti-Hypertensive Agents; Anti-Hypertensive Drug; Anti-Hypertensive Drugs; Anti-Hypertensives; Antihypertensive; Antihypertensive Agent; Antihypertensive Drug; Antihypertensive Drugs; Antihypertensives
NLM Classification #: QV 151
See Also: Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; Diuretics; Ganglionic Blockers; Vasodilator Agents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

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