Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A calcium channel blocker drug, C26H29N3O6, used in its hydrochloride form primarily to treat hypertension and angina pectoris.

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  • noun A calcium channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure and angina.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[ni(tro)– + car(boxyl) + di(hydro)p(yr)idine, class of drugs to which it belongs.]

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  • The ECLIPSE program enrolled 1,964 cardiac surgery patients in one of three randomized, open-label trials comparing Cleviprex to either nitroglycerin or sodium nitroprusside perioperatively, or nicardipine postoperatively.

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  • Slide 40: Calcium Channel Blockers: • Existen 3 clases de BCC: dihidropiridinas (nifedipine, amlodipine, isradipine, felodipine, nicardipine, and nisoldipine); fenilalkylaminas (verapamil); and benzothiazepinas (diltiazem). • Debido a sus diferentes efectos farmacológicos, los BCC pueden ser usados en diferentes situaciones clínicas.

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  • The Antihypertensive Treatment in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage (ATACH), funded by The National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, is a multicenter open-labeled pilot trial that plans to recruit a total of 60 subjects with acute supratentorial ICH who will be treated with intravenous nicardipine infusion to achieve the blood pressure goal of 110 mm Hg to 140 mm Hg, 140 mm Hg to 170 mm Hg, or 170 mm Hg to 200 mm Hg. The goal of this trial is to determine tolerability and safety of aggressive pharmacologic reduction of acutely elevated blood pressure after ICH [84].

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