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Chest, Vol 88, 780-781, Copyright © 1985 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Control of hypertension with nifedipine in the setting of aortic dissection

SR White and JB Hall

We report a 61-year-old man with dissection of the descending aorta and hypertension in whom medical management with beta-blocking antihypertensives was precluded by a history of asthma. The calcium channel blocker nifedipine was successfully employed in this setting and the rationale for its use is discussed.




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