Full Description
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Endocrinology/Metabolic Disease**
Endocrine Hypertension: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice bridges the gap between scientists and practicing clinicians by providing a comprehensive overview on all forms of endocrine hypertension, covering epidemiological aspects, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, laboratory evaluation and practical management aspects of endocrine hypertension. This book is a great resource for endocrinologists, physicians, general practitioners and researchers who are eager to understand the complex facets of endocrine hypertension.
Endocrine hypertension is a term used to describe a group of endocrine pathologies that cause an elevation of blood pressure, estimated to account for up to 10% of all hypertension cases. Although common, this clinical condition is often overlooked. Patients with this condition are at risk of late diagnosis, delayed treatment and detrimental health consequences.
Contents
1. Endocrine hypertension - an overview
2. Catecholamines and blood pressure regulation
3. Adrenal Cortical Hormones and Blood Pressure Regulation
4. Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and Blood Pressure Regulation
5. Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and blood pressure regulation
6. Monogenic Hypertension - an overview
7. Primary Aldosteronism (Conn's syndrome)
8. Familial Hyperaldosteronism
9. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypertension
10. Endocrine Hypertension: Discovering the Inherited Causes
11. Pheochromocytomas and Hypertension
12.Paragangliomas and hypertension
13. ACTH dependent Cushing Syndrome
14. Adrenal Cushing's syndrome
15. Hypertension in Growth Hormone Excess (Acromegaly) and Deficiency
16. Hypertension in Thyroid disease & hyperparathyroidism
17. Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
18. Endocrine Hypertension in Children
19. Endocrine Hypertension in Pregnant Woman
20. Imaging for Patients with Endocrine Hypertension
21. Systematic Approach for the Diagnosis and Management of Endocrine Hypertension
