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basic consumer health information about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of high blood pressure
Preface -- Understanding hypertension (high blood pressure) -- Hypertension: facts and guidelines -- Screening recommendations for high blood pressure -- Diagnosing high blood pressure -- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring -- Renin test -- Prehypertension -- Essential hypertension -- Isolated Systolic Hypertension (ISH) -- Refractory hypertension -- Secondary hypertension -- High blood pressure in pregnancy -- Hypertension in children -- Primary pulmonary hypertension -- Hypertension in the elderly --Hypotension: low blood pressure -- Causes of hypertension and common co-occurring disorders -- What causes high blood pressure? -- Obesity -- Insulin resistance -- Diabetes -- Metabolic syndrome -- Atherosclerosis -- Sleep apnea -- Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia -- Renal artery stenosis -- Cushing's syndrome -- Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn's syndrome) -- Pheochromocytoma -- Complications and consequences of hypertension -- The effect of high blood pressure on your body -- Stroke -- Coronary heart disease -- Heart failure -- Peripheral arterial disease -- High blood pressure and kidney disease -- Hypertensive retinopathy -- Fainting (syncope) -- Controlling hypertension -- High blood pressure: tips to stop the silent killer -- A guide for lowering blood pressure -- Checking up on blood pressure monitors -- Lifestyle changes effective in lowering blood pressure -- Exercise and hypertension -- Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) -- Use spices instead of salt and sodium -- Benefits of omega-3 fatty acids -- Smoking cessation can be good for your heart -- Managing stress -- Hypertension medications -- Treating high blood pressure with medication -- Hypertension medications: effects and side effects -- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors -- Angiotensin receptor blockers -- Beta blockers -- Calcium antagonists -- Calcium channel blockers -- Diuretics -- Vasopeptidase inhibitors -- Hypertension drugs and sexual function -- Hypertension research -- Genetics and high blood pressure -- Do learned stress responses play a role in hypertension? -- Study finds hostility and impatience increase hypertension risk -- Use of pain relievers linked to hypertension -- How do steroids lead to hypertension? -- Kidney disease and hypertension in African Americans -- Lead levels linked to hypertension in menopausal women -- Estrogen alternative for the control of blood pressure in post-menopausal women -- Some vision changes linked to hypertension -- Morning blood pressure predicts stroke -- Does high blood pressure impact memory? -- ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering treatment to prevent Heart Attack Trial) results -- Controversies about the new clinical guidelines for hypertension -- Current clinical trials regarding hypertension -- Studies of diabetic patients with hypertension -- Clinical trials: pulmonary hypertension -- Studies regarding pheochromocytoma and pseudopheochromocytoma -- Additional help and information -- Hypertension glossary -- Cookbooks for people with hypertension -- Resources for more information about hypertension -- Index.
edited by Dawn D. Matthews and Karen Bellenir.
Includes bibliographical references and index.