Description
The management of hypertension varies considerably from clinician to clinician. This pocketbook is a concise and evidence-based summary of current understanding and practice, including the most up-to-date guidance from national and international bodies and their recommendations for hypertension care.Written by an international team of experts, it covers all the key aspects of hypertension from epidemiology and aetiology to investigations, management, and complications. It also covers the management of hypertension in special patient groups such as in pregnancy and the elderly. Emphasis is laid throughout the book on lowering cardiovascular risk as a part of managing hypertension. An essential tool for everyday use in managing hypertension, this book aids clinical decision-making by collating all the relevant information and guidance in one easily accessible place.This new edition has been fully updated to include expanded content on hypertension mediated organ damage and two new chapters covering the effects of hypertension on the brain and on the eyes.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Epidemiology, pathogenesis and diagnosis
- 1: Sunil K. Nadar and Stephanie Harrison: Epidemiology of hypertension
- 2: Sheon Mary, Giacomo Rossitto, and Christian Delles: Pathophysiology of hypertension
- 3: Gurbhej Singh and Gurpreet Wander: Secondary hypertension
- 4: Martin Wolley and Michael Stowasser: Diagnosis and investigation of hypertension
- Part 2: Complications of hypertension
- 5: Thomas Salmon, James Hatherley, and Rajiv Sankaranarayanan: Hypertension: a cardiovascular risk factor
- 6: Yuichiro Yano and Sunil K. Nadar: Left ventricular hypertrophy
- 7: Mohammed Najeeb Al-Rawahi: Atrial fibrillation and hypertension
- 8: Arun R. Gujjar: The brain in Hypertension
- 9: Sarah Ahmad and Jordana B. Cohen: The kidneys in hypertension
- 10: Peck Lin Lip: The eye in hypertension
- Part 3: Management of hypertension
- 11: Gregory Y.H. Lip and Sunil K. Nadar: Overview of the guidelines on the management of hypertension
- 12: James P. Sheppard and Sunil K. Nadar: Hypertension and cardiovascular risk management
- 13: Benjamin J.R. Buckley and Stephanie J. Finnie: Non-pharmacological management of hypertension
- 14: Harsh Goel and Ashish Kumar: Diuretics in hypertension
- 15: Hatim Al Lawati: Beta blockers in hypertension
- 16: Stefanie Lip and Sandosh Padmanabhan: Calcium channel blockers and hypertension
- 17: Ify R. Mordi and Chim C. Lang: Blockers of the Renin- Angiotensin- Aldosterone system in hypertension
- 18: Shankar Patil, Muzahir Tayebjee, and Sunil K. Nadar: Other antihypertensive agents
- 19: Vikas Kapil: Renal denervation
- 20: Hassan Al-Riyami and Dierdre A. Lane: Improving medication adherence in hypertension
- Part 4: Special conditions
- 21: Gloria Valdés: Hypertension in pregnancy: Physiopathological, preventive, therapeutic and long-term considerations
- 22: Alena Shantsila: Hypertensive emergencies
- 23: Asangaedem Akpan: Treatment of the older adult
- 24: Fang-Fei Wei, Chen Liu, and Jan A. Staessen: Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension
- 25: Daniel J. Cuthbertson: Hypertension in patients with diabetes mellitus
