 Antihypertensive Agents
"Antihypertensive Agents" 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.
Drugs used in the treatment of acute or chronic vascular HYPERTENSION regardless of pharmacological mechanism. Among the antihypertensive agents are DIURETICS; (especially DIURETICS, THIAZIDE); ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; and VASODILATOR AGENTS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000959
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.411.162
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| Concept/Terms |
Antihypertensive Agents- Antihypertensive Agents
- Agents, Antihypertensive
- Antihypertensives
- Anti-Hypertensives
- Anti Hypertensives
- Antihypertensive Drugs
- Drugs, Antihypertensive
- Anti-Hypertensive Agents
- Agents, Anti-Hypertensive
- Anti Hypertensive Agents
- Anti-Hypertensive Drugs
- Anti Hypertensive Drugs
- Drugs, Anti-Hypertensive
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Antihypertensive Agents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Antihypertensive Agents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2000 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2002 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2003 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2004 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2005 | 7 | 5 | 12 | | 2006 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2007 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2008 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2009 | 7 | 8 | 15 | | 2010 | 13 | 13 | 26 | | 2011 | 13 | 7 | 20 | | 2012 | 14 | 6 | 20 | | 2013 | 11 | 6 | 17 | | 2014 | 16 | 7 | 23 | | 2015 | 16 | 4 | 20 | | 2016 | 9 | 12 | 21 | | 2017 | 7 | 8 | 15 | | 2018 | 12 | 9 | 21 | | 2019 | 11 | 6 | 17 | | 2020 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2021 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | 2022 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2023 | 6 | 10 | 16 | | 2024 | 16 | 6 | 22 | | 2025 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antihypertensive Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Billups SJ, Daffron A, Harty C, Schilling LM, Lowe RN, Lobo I. Centralized outreach with embedded pharmacist e-consultation to reduce therapeutic inertia and improve blood pressure control. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2025 Nov 07; 82(22):1249-1255.
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Derington CG, Berchie RO, Greene T, Jacobs JA, Moran AE, Xu Y, Narita K, Zheutlin AR, Cohen JB, Shimbo D, Bress AP. Using PREVENT Equations to Compare Intensive vs Standard Systolic Blood Pressure Control for Primary Prevention in SPRINT. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Oct 28; 86(17):1437-1448.
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Lin PD, Rifas-Shiman SL, Petimar J, Yu H, Daley MF, Janicke DM, Heerman WJ, Bailey LC, Maeztu C, Lewis KH, Young JG, Block JP. Emulation of a Target Trial of Antihypertensive Medications on Weight Change. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Mar; 41(4):1097-1106.
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Pantcheva MB, Gangaputra S, Sieck E, Accorinti M, Neumann R, Ang BCH, Barton K, Chu DS, Grigg J, Kempen JH, Liebmann JM, Muñoz-Negrete FJ, Nguyen QD, Palestine AG, Thorne J, van Meerwijk C, Yang P, de Smet MD. Uveitic Glaucoma Interest Group Recommendations for Uveitis-Related Ocular Hypertension and Glaucoma Management. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2025 Nov; 33(9):2153-2167.
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Derington CG, Berchie RO, Mohanty AF, Jacobs JA, Xu Y, King JB, Rethy L, Cushman WC, Zickmund SL, Ho PM, Raghavan S, Cohen JB, Bress AP. First-Line ß-Blocker Use for Hypertension in the Veterans Health Administration. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01; 8(8):e2529026.
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Keshwani S, Smith KM, Winterstein AG, Gurka MJ, Walsh MG, Libby A, Hogan W, Pepine CJ, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Smith SM. Disparities in Initial Antihypertensive Intensity by Sex, Race and Ethnicity in Newly Treated Patients With Hypertension. Am J Hypertens. 2025 Jul 15; 38(8):560-569.
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Boggess K, Leach J, Dugoff L, Sibai B, Hughes BL, Bell J, Aagaard K, Edwards R, Gibson K, Haas DM, Plante L, Metz T, Casey B, Longo S, Hoffman MK, Saade GR, Hoppe KK, Foroutan J, Owens M, Simhan HN, Frey H, Rosen T, Palatnik A, Baker S, Kinzler W, Su E, Krishna I, Norton ME, Skupski D, El-Sayed YY, Librizzi R, Pereira L, Habli M, Williams S, Pridijan G, McKenna DS, Chang E, Osmundson S, Galis Z, Harper L, Ambalavanan N, Szychowski J, Tita A. Relationship Between Third-Trimester Low Maternal Blood Pressure and Small-for-Gestational-Age Birth Weight in Pregnant Individuals With Mild Chronic Hypertension. Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Jul 10; 146(3):405-412.
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Robbins EW, Bradley K, Badesch D, Burger C, Chyboski AM, De Marco T, Hemnes AR, Lammi M, Mathai SC, Melendres-Groves L, Raza F, Sager J, Shlobin O, Thenappan T, Zamanian R, Runo J, Baird GL, Ventetuolo CE. Medication Nonadherence in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR). Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Jun; 22(6):830-837.
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Good M, Hoskins R, Lund BC, Ten Eyck P, Dixon B, Cohen J, Reisinger Schact H, Kennelty K, Jalal D. A clinical trial evaluating pharmacist-guided self-management of hypertension among veterans with CKD, rationale and study design. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Jul; 154:107950.
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Hammond JH, Ng DK, Blanchette ED, Flynn JT, Mitsnefes MM, Furth SL, Warady BA, Brady TM. Interval healthcare provider contact and blood pressure control in children with chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Pediatr Nephrol. 2025 Aug; 40(8):2579-2587.
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