Abstract Introduction Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular diseases and premature death worldwide. Antihypertensive therapy using calcium channel blockers (CCBs) one preferred choices to treat blood pressure (BP) control variability (BPV). In contrast clinic BP, 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) has evolved into an accurate reproducible tool for assessment management hypert...

AIMS Blood pressure (BP) reduction in hypertensive patients is more difficult to achieve in the elderly or in the presence of comorbidities. We aimed to investigate the efficacy of the single-pill combination (SPC) aliskiren/amlodipine in hypertensive elderly patients, patients with high body mass index (BMI), with at least one metabolic risk factor, and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). METH...

BACKGROUND Recently, the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) group recommended that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) be assigned according to stage and composite relative risk on the basis of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and albuminuria criteria. The aim of this post-hoc analysis was to investigate the effects of add-on therapy with calcium channel blockers (CCBs) on...

A simple, rapid, precise, accurate, sensitive and time consuming reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and spectrophotometric method for simultaneous estimation of atorvastatin and amlodipine in pharmaceutical dosage forms have been developed and validated. Drug was resolved on a C18 column (Phenomenex phenyl hexyl column, 250mm* 4.6mm i.d, 5um). Utilizing mobile phase ...

Abstract: Amlodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker mainly indicated in the treatment of essential hypertension and angina pectoris. Overdose blocker, results toxicity along with profound hypotension shock. Here, 20-year-old female patient was admitted to MICU complaints severe breathing difficulty, multiple episodes vomiting one day earlier. After chest x-ray, ECG, blood investig...

In patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) receiving therapy with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition, institution of calcium channel antagonism with amlodipine provided favorable effects. The goal of the present study was to define potential mechanisms for these effects by measuring left ventricular function, hemodynamics, and neurohormonal system activity in a model of CHF in ...

We have previously reported that the dihydropyridine L-type calcium channel blockers (CCBs) have an adverse impact on glomerulosclerosis (GS) in the remnant kidney model despite significant blood pressure (BP) reduction, because of the concurrent deleterious effects on renal autoregulation. The effects of the CCB mibefradil, which is approximately 10-fold more selective for T- than L-type chann...

Hypertension and hyperfiltration are two important risk factors for the development of chronic allograft nephropathy. Transforming growth factor-beta(1) (TGF-beta(1)) is the main cytokine involved in the fibrotic process that is involved in chronic rejection. Angiotensin II upregulates TGF-beta(1) production. Angiotensin II receptor antagonists therefore could not only control BP but also reduc...

Although amlodipine, a long-acting L-type calcium channel blocker, reportedly prevents left ventricular remodeling and dysfunction after myocardial infarction, the mechanism responsible is not yet well understood. Myocardial infarction was induced in mice by ligating the left coronary artery. Treatment of mice with amlodipine (10 mg x kg(-1) x day(-1)), beginning on the third day postinfarction...

Background—The results of angiographic studies have suggested that calcium channel–blocking agents may prevent new coronary lesion formation, the progression of minimal lesions, or both. Methods and Results—The Prospective Randomized Evaluation of the Vascular Effects of Norvasc Trial (PREVENT) was a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked clinical trial designed to test whet...