Pharmacologic Substance
nitrendipine
Effect:
Coronary Arterial Vasodilation; Decreased Blood Pressure
May Treat:
Hypertension
Definitions related to nitrendipine:
  • 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-4- nitrophenyl-3,5-pyridine carboxyic acid ethylmethyl ester; calcium channel blocker of the nifedipine family.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A calcium channel blocker with marked vasodilator action. It is an effective antihypertensive agent and differs from other calcium channel blockers in that it does not reduce glomerular filtration rate and is mildly natriuretic, rather than sodium retentive.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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