Calcium Channel Blockers

"Calcium Channel Blockers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A class of drugs that act by selective inhibition of calcium influx through cellular membranes.

Descriptor ID	D002121
MeSH Number(s)	D27.505.519.562.249 D27.505.954.411.192
Concept/Terms	Calcium Channel Blockers Calcium Channel Blockers Blockers, Calcium Channel Channel Blockers, Calcium Calcium Channel Antagonists Antagonists, Calcium Channel Calcium Channel Blocking Drugs Calcium Antagonists, Exogenous Calcium Antagonists, Exogenous Antagonists, Exogenous Calcium Exogenous Calcium Inhibitors Exogenous Calcium Antagonists Exogenous Calcium Blockaders Calcium Blockaders, Exogenous Calcium Inhibitors, Exogenous

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action [D27.505.519]
Membrane Transport Modulators [D27.505.519.562]
Calcium Channel Blockers [D27.505.519.562.249]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
Cardiovascular Agents [D27.505.954.411]
Calcium Channel Blockers [D27.505.954.411.192]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1991	0	1	1
1994	2	2	4
1995	1	1	2
1996	0	1	1
1997	2	3	5
1998	0	1	1
1999	1	1	2
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	3	0	3
2004	0	1	1
2006	1	1	2
2008	2	0	2
2012	0	1	1
2014	0	1	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1

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Johnson KP, Tran SM, Siegrist EA, Paidimarri KB, Elson MS, Berkowitz A. Turtle Flexion Reflex Motor Patterns Show Windup, Mediated Partly by L-type Calcium Channels. Front Neural Circuits. 2017; 11:83.

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Harris JR, Hale GM, Dasari TW, Schwier NC. Pharmacotherapy of Vasospastic Angina. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2016 09; 21(5):439-51.

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Iwuchukwu I, Ardelt A, Cueva W, Reshi R, Goldenberg F, Frank J. Macroglossia associated with brainstem injury. Neurocrit Care. 2014 Feb; 20(1):106-10.

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Ozcan MS, Weinberg G. Intravenous lipid emulsion for the treatment of drug toxicity. J Intensive Care Med. 2014 Mar-Apr; 29(2):59-70.

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Sontheimer RD, Henderson CL, Grau RH. Drug-induced subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus: a paradigm for bedside-to-bench patient-oriented translational clinical investigation. Arch Dermatol Res. 2009 Jan; 301(1):65-70.

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Cowley BD. Calcium, cyclic AMP, and MAP kinases: dysregulation in polycystic kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2008 Feb; 73(3):251-3.

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Gosmanov AR, Connelly S, Lewis JB, Gosmanov NR. Antihypertensive medications and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: response to Taylor et al. Diabetes Care. 2006 Oct; 29(10):2334; author reply 2334-5.

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Leenen FH, Nwachuku CE, Black HR, Cushman WC, Davis BR, Simpson LM, Alderman MH, Atlas SA, Basile JN, Cuyjet AB, Dart R, Felicetta JV, Grimm RH, Haywood LJ, Jafri SZ, Proschan MA, Thadani U, Whelton PK, Wright JT. Clinical events in high-risk hypertensive patients randomly assigned to calcium channel blocker versus angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in the antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment to prevent heart attack trial. Hypertension. 2006 Sep; 48(3):374-84.

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Orsay C, Rakinic J, Perry WB, Hyman N, Buie D, Cataldo P, Newstead G, Dunn G, Rafferty J, Ellis CN, Shellito P, Gregorcyk S, Ternent C, Kilkenny J, Tjandra J, Ko C, Whiteford M, Nelson R. Practice parameters for the management of anal fissures (revised). Dis Colon Rectum. 2004 Dec; 47(12):2003-7.

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Adamson PB, Vanoli E, Shibano T, Foreman RD, Schwartz PJ. Combined sodium and calcium channel blockade in prevention of lethal arrhythmias. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2003 May; 41(5):665-70.

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