UMEM Educational Pearls

Title: Contraindications for Antihypertensive use for Intracranial Hemorrhage

Category: Neurology

Keywords: antihypertensives, blood pressure, intracranial hemorrhage (PubMed Search)

Posted: 4/30/2008 by Aisha Liferidge, MD (Updated: 9/3/2026)

Antihypertensive	Contraindicating Condition
Nicardipine	Advanced Aortic Stenosis
Esmolol	Sinus Bradycardia Overt Heart Failure Heart Block > 1st Degree Cardiogenic Shock
Labetalol	Severe Bradycardia Overt Heart Failure Heart Block > 1st Degree Cardiogenic Shock