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Table 11 Compelling indications for choosing the antihypertensive drugs

From: 2018 Korean Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of hypertension: part II-diagnosis and treatment of hypertension

Disease conditions

ACE inhibitors or Angiotensin receptor blockers

Beta-blockers

Calcium channel blockers

Diuretics

Congestive heart failure

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Left ventricular hypertrophy

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Coronary artery disease

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Chronic kidney disease

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Stroke

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Elderly, isolated systolic hypertension

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Post-myocardial infarction

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Prevention of atrial fibrillation

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Diabetes mellitus

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