Hypertension medicine /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Weber, Michael A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2001]
Series:Current clinical practice.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Background issues in hypertension
  • Studies justifying the use of treatment to prevent cardiovascular events / Henry R. Black
  • Effects of aging on blood pressure / Vincent DeQuattro
  • Effects of race on blood pressure / John M. Flack
  • Genetics in hypertension / Joel M. Neutel, David H.G. Smith
  • Sodium and other dietary factors / Myron H. Weinberger
  • Role of stress in development of hypertension / Thomas G. Pickering
  • Neuroendocrine factors: role of the sympathetic nervous and renin angiotensin systems / Stevo Julius
  • Left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction / George A. Mansoor, William B. White
  • Role of the endothelium in hypertension / Ellis R. Levin
  • Pt. 2. Diagnosis and special tests
  • Systolic, diastolic, mean, or pulse pressure: which is the best predictor of hypertensive cardiovascular risk? / Stanley S. Franklin
  • Manual blood pressure measurement - still the gold standard: why and how to measure blood pressure the old fashioned way / Carlene M. Grim, Clarence E. Grim
  • Initial routine tests for diagnosis and risk stratification of the patient with hypertension: what is mandatory? / Tudor Vagaonescu, Robert A. Phillips
  • When to suspect secondary hypertension / Donald G. Vidt
  • Evaluation of renal function and proteinuria / Ira W. Reiser, Jerome G. Porush
  • Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring / David H.G. Smith
  • Arterial compliance and in hypertension / G.E. McVeigh, Li Lan Yoon
  • Pt. 3. Principles of treatment
  • Starting hypertension treatment: setting targets / Michael A. Weber
  • Choosing the first agent / Matthew R. Weir
  • Managing an inadequate response to the first agent: changing doses or drugs, adding drugs / L. Michael Prisant
  • Rationale of low-dose combination therapy in cardiovascular risk management / Joel M. Neutel, David H.G. Smith
  • How to monitor progress in hypertensive patients / Ehud Grossman
  • Problems of treatment compliance and polypharmacy / Gordon S. Stokes, Philip A. Atkin
  • Should treatment differ in African-American and Caucasian patients? / W. Dallas Hall
  • Measuring the benefits of antihypertensive treatment / Michael A. Weber
  • Pt. 4. Major hypertensive drug classes
  • Diuretics in hypertension therapy / James R. Sowers, Joel M. Neutel, Matthew R. Weir
  • β-adrenergic blocker treatment of hypertension: pharmacodynamics and guide to patient selection / Jon D. Blumenfeld
  • Calcium antagonists / Franz H. Messerli, Jayant Dey, Zhanbin Feng
  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors / Irene Gavras, Haralambos Gavras
  • The angiotensin II receptor blockers / Michael A. Weber
  • Selective α₁-blockers / Joseph L. Izzo, Jr.
  • Centrally acting antihypertensive drugs / Mark Houston
  • Pt. 5. Solving problems in hypertension management
  • The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III: how are we doing with blood pressure control? / David A. Calhoun, Suzanne Oparil
  • Lipid abnormalities and hypertension / Thomas D. Giles
  • Diabetes and hypertension / Kurt M.R. Sowers, James R. Sowers
  • Treatment of hypertensive patients with chronic renal insufficiency / Samuel Spitalewitz, Jerome G. Porush
  • Treating angina pectoris in hypertension / Hal L. Chadow, Joel A. Strom
  • Hypertension and its treatment in concomitant conditions: degenerative joint disease, depression, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease / Domenic A. Sica
  • Cognitive disorders and dementia in hypertension: implications for treatment / Lena Kilander
  • Refractory hypertension / C. Venkata S. Ram
  • Hypertensive emergencies / Dilek K. Sowers
  • Referring to hypertension experts: the hypertension consultant / Lawrence R. Krakoff.