Mechanism of action of calcium-channel-blocking agents

N Engl J Med. 1982 Dec 23;307(26):1618-27. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198212233072605.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials
  • Angina Pectoris / drug therapy
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / drug therapy
  • Blood Vessels / drug effects
  • Calcium / physiology
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / pharmacology*
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / therapeutic use
  • Cardiomyopathies / drug therapy
  • Coronary Disease / drug therapy
  • Heart / drug effects
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Ion Channels
  • Models, Biological
  • Muscle Contraction
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / physiology
  • Myocardial Contraction
  • Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy
  • Nifedipine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Ion Channels
  • Nifedipine
  • Calcium