Calcium antagonists in pharmacotherapy in patients with concomitant cardiac pathology: priorities of the recommendations in clinical practice

Abstract

The article discusses the problem of using calcium antagonists in clinical practice. Physicians' judgments in prescribing calcium antagonists showed its compliance with current guidelines for the treatment of hypertension. Emphasizes the feasibility of dihydropyridine calcium antagonists as efficacy and safety tools in patients with combination of arterial hypertension, stable angina and chronic heart failure. The article discusses the results of clinical efficacy studies of felodipine in a combined cardiac pathology with cognitive impairment.

Keywords

• calcium antagonists
• felodipine
• clinical use