Title | Atlas of Hypertension [electronic resource] / edited by Norman K. Hollenberg |
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Imprint | London : Current Medicine Group : Imprint: Current Medicine Group, 2003 |
Edition | Fourth Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6493-5 |
Descript | VII, 344 p. online resource |
1 Pathogenesis of Hypertension: Genetic and Environmental Factors -- Genetic Factors in Hypertension -- Environmental Factors in Hypertension -- Gene-Environment Interactions in Hypertension -- 2 Role of the Nervous System in Human Hypertension -- Functional Organization of the Autonomic Nervous System -- Factors Affecting the Autonomic Control of Blood Pressure in Humans -- Testing Autonomic Function in Humans -- The Autonomic Nervous System in Human Hypertension -- Obesity, Hypertension, and the Sympathetic Nervous System -- 3 Kidney, Sodium, and the Renin-Angiotensin System -- Anatomy and Physiology -- Pathophysiology -- Renovascular Hypertension -- 4 Pathogenesis of Hypertension: Vascular Mechanisms -- Identification of the Problem -- Morphologic Changes in Hypertension -- Mechanisms Underlying Structural Changes -- Functional Alterations in Hypertension -- 5 Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Hypertension -- 6 Secondary Hypertension: Adrenal and Nervous Systems -- Adrenocortical Causes of Hypertension -- Hypertensive Syndromes Secondary to Hypersecretion of Deoxycorticosterone -- Hypertensive Syndromes Secondary to Cortisol Excess -- Hypertensive Syndromes Secondary to Hypersecretion of Aldosterone -- Pheochromocytoma -- 7 Antihypertensive Agents: Mechanisms of Drug Action -- Individualized Antihypertensive Therapy -- Diuretics -- ร-Blockers -- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors -- Calcium Antagonists -- Other Agents -- Angiotensin II Antagonists -- Metabolic Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs -- Regression of Vascular and Cardiac Hypertrophy -- 8 Recent Therapeutic Trials -- Target Organ Protection -- Trends in Cardiovascular Disease -- Early Trials -- Meta-analysis of Pre-1990 Trials -- Recent Trials (Reported After the JNC-VI Report) -- 9 Antihypertensive Therapy: Patient Selection and Special Problems -- Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk -- Nonpharmacologic Therapy -- Factors in the Selection of Antihypertensives -- Concomitant Disease and Quality of Life -- 10 Antihypertensive Therapy: Progression of Renal Injury -- Overview -- Epidemiology -- Neurohormonal Responses -- Clinical Considerations -- Experimental Trials with ACE Inhibitors -- Human Clinical Trials -- Effects of Antihypertensive Drugs on Nondiabetic Renal Disease -- Effects of Drugs on Diabetic Renal Response -- 11 Antihypertensive Therapy: Compliance and Quality of Life -- Background -- Assessment Techniques -- Application to Antihypertensive Therapy -- Clinical Relevance and Sensitivity -- Future Directions -- 12 Special Situations in the Management of Hypertension -- Hypertension in Pregnancy -- Hypertension at the Extremes of Age -- Hypertension at the Extremes of Severity -- Hypertension-causing Drugs -- Specialized Methods of Blood Pressure Measurement -- 13 Recommendations of the Ada and Summary of the JNC and WHO-ISH Special Reports -- Joint National Committee-V -- World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension -- 14 Newer Antihypertensive Agents -- Angiotensin-receptor Antagonists -- Receptor Binding and Pharmacologic Effects -- Selective Aspects of Pharmacology -- Recent Clinical Trials of Angiotensin-receptor Antagonists -- Vasopeptidase Inhibitors -- 15 Accurate and Reliable Blood Pressure Measurement in the Clinic and Home -- History and Significance of Proper Blood Pressure Measurement -- Technique and Equipment -- Cuff Placement and Pulse Detection -- Recording the Pressure and the Auscultatory Gap -- Quality Assurance