[Pulse pressure, arterial compliance and Buckberg index in hypertensive patients treated with nebivolol and nitrates].

Objective: To evaluate the effect of nebivolol and nitrate administration on the arterial compliance--an essential factor for left ventricular hypertrophy regression.

Material And Method: The arterial compliance was assessed in 32 hypertensive patients (mean age 52.3 years +/- 11, M/F ratio = 26/6) before drug administration, three hour post oral intake of nebivolol 5 mg and five minutes after sublingual 0.