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Effectively manage the chronic problems of your hypertensive patients with the practical clinical tools inside Hypertension, 2nd Edition: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease. This respected cardiology reference covers everything you need to know - from epidemiology and pathophysiology thro...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Black, Henry R. (Henry Richard), 1942-, Elliott, William J. (Physician)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders, ©2013.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Hypertension.
Heart > Diseases.
Hypertension
Heart Diseases
Hypertension artérielle.
Cœur > Maladies.
MEDICAL > Cardiology.
Heart > Diseases
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1: Epidemiology and pathophysiology. Epidemiology of Hypertension ; Pathogenesis of Hypertension.
  • Section 2: Diagnosis. Defining Hypertension ; Office Blood Pressure Measurement ; Home Monitoring of Blood Pressure ; Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Hypertension Management ; White Coat and Masked Hypertension ; Secondary Hypertension: Renovascular Hypertension ; Secondary Hypertension: Renin-Independent Mineralocorticoid Excess States ; Secondary Hypertension: Pheochromocytoma ; Secondary Hypertension: Sleep Apnea ; Rare and Unusual Forms of Hypertension.
  • Section 3: Risk stratification. The Natural History of Untreated Hypertension ; The Special Problem of Isolated Systolic Hypertension ; Assessment of Hypertensive Target Organ Damage ; Prediction of Global Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertension.
  • Section 4: Treatment. Diet and Blood Pressure ; Diuretic Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease ; ß-Blockers in Hypertension ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors ; Angiotensin Receptor Blockers ; Calcium Channel Blockers in Hypertension ; a-Blockers ; New Drugs for Hypertension ; Devices for Hypertension.
  • Section 5: Outcome studies. Design of Outcomes Studies ; Meta-Analyses of Hypertension Trials: The Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration.
  • Section 6: Hypertension and concomitant diseases. Ischemic Heart Disease in Hypertension ; Heart Failure in Hypertension ; Kidney Disease in Hypertension ; Transplant Hypertension ; Obesity in Hypertension ; Peripheral Artery Disease in Hypertension ; Cerebrovascular Disease in Hypertension ; Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus: An Update ; Dyslipidemia in Hypertension.
  • Section 7: Special populations and special situations. Hypertension in Pregnancy ; Hypertension in Children and Adolescents ; Hypertension in Older Patients ; Hypertension in African Americans ; Hypertension in Hispanics ; Hypertension in East Asians and Native Hawaiians ; Hypertension in South Asians ; Resistant Hypertension ; Hypertension and the Perioperative Period ; Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies.
  • Section 8: Hypertension treatment in the future. Team-Based Care for the Management of Hypertension ; Outcomes Research in Hypertension ; Pharmacogenetics of Antihypertensive Treatment ; Antihypertensive Drug Development: A Regulatory Perspective.
  • Section 9: Guidelines. U.S. and Canadian Hypertension Guidelines ; European and British Guidelines on Hypertension.