Antihypertensive Drugs, Hypotension, and Ischemic Colitis

Ischemic Colitis - Case Report

Ischemic colitis is now a well recognized clinical entity. The classification proposed by Marston(6) in three groups dependent on outcome . (Ischemic colitis with gangrene, Sit ecture Ischemic colitis, transient Ischemic colitis). Much has been writen recently con­cerning the radiographic diagnosis of Ischemic entro­colitis both occlusive and Monocclusive type(14). In nonocclusive type there ar...

Administering antihypertensive drugs after acute ischemic stroke: timing is everything.

Antihypertensive Drugs

Hypertension is one of the most serious concerns of modern medical practice. It is estimated that in the United States, as many as 60 million people are hypertensive or are being treated with antihypertensive drugs. Among the growing population of elderly Americans, some 15 million have high blood pressure. The level of blood pressure in itself is not a chief concern, since individuals with hig...

Neural effects on renal blood flow during acute hypotension vary with antihypertensive drugs.

To examine the neural effects of antihypertensive drugs on renal blood flow, we measured blood flow and renal sympathetic nerve activity simultaneously in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats aged 13 to 15 weeks. One to two days after surgery, intravenous administration of manidipine (calcium antagonist, n = 10), doxazosin (alpha 1-adrenergic receptor antagonist, n = 9), and clonidine (n =...

Hypertension, antihypertensive drugs and atherosclerosis.