Hypertension in african american patients

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Calcium channel blockers are often the first-line treatment for hypertension in African American patients. Calcium channel blockers are further broken into two classes, dihydropyridine and non-dihydropyridine. What are the primary differences between the two classes and do these two classes have different indications for use since they are different medications?

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