hemodynamic monitoring after a single dose ( 10 mg ) of nifedipine in 27 primary hypertensive subjects ( diastolic pressure greater than 110 mm hg ) documented that this calcium antagonistic agent exerts a potent arteriolar vasodilating action , which results in prompt ( -21 % of control at 30 minutes ) and persistent ( -16 % of control at 120 minutes ) fall in mean arterial pressure associated with a rise in cardiac output and pulse rate .
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