Title | Hypertension Medicine [electronic resource] / edited by Michael A. Weber |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-008-7 |
Descript | XV, 462 p. online resource |
I. Background Issues in Hypertension -- 1 Studies Justifying the Use of Treatment to Prevent Cardiovascular Events -- 2 Effects of Aging on Blood Pressure -- 3 Effects of Race on Blood Pressure -- 4 Genetics in Hypertension -- 5 Sodium and Other Dietary Factors -- 6 Role of Stress in Development of Hypertension -- 7 Neuroendocrine Factors: Role of the Sympathetic Nervous and Renin Angiotensin Systems -- 8 Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction -- 9 Role of the Endothelium in Hypertension -- II. Diagnosis and Special Tests -- 10 Systolic, Diastolic, Mean, or Pulse Pressure: Which Is the Best Predictor of Hypertensive Cardiovascular Risk? -- 11 Manual Blood Pressure MeasurementโStill the Gold Standard: Why and How to Measure Blood Pressure the Old Fashioned Way -- 12 Initial Routine Tests for Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of the Patient with Hypertension: What Is Mandatory? -- 13 When to Suspect Secondary Hypertension -- 14 Evaluation of Renal Function and Proteinuria -- 15 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring -- 16 Arterial Compliance in Hypertension -- III. Principles of Treatment -- 17 Starting Hypertension Treatment: Setting Targets -- 18 Choosing the First Agent -- 19 Managing an Inadequate Response to the First Agent: Changing Doses or Drugs, Adding Drugs -- 20 Rationale of Low-Dose Combination Therapy in Cardiovascular Risk Management -- 21 How to Monitor Progress in Hypertensive Patients -- 22 Problems of Treatment Compliance and Polypharmacy -- 23 Should Treatment Differ in African-American and Caucasian Patients? -- 24 Measuring the Benefits of Antihypertensive Treatment -- IV. Major Hypertensive Drug Classes -- 25 Diuretics in Hypertension Therapy -- 26 ?-Adrenergic Blocker Treatment of Hypertension: Pharmacodynamics and Guide to Patient Selection -- 27 Calcium Antagonists -- 28 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors -- 29 The Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers -- 30 Selective ?1 โ Blockers -- 31 Centrally Acting Antihypertensive Drugs -- V. Solving Problems in Hypertension Management -- 32 The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III: How Are We Doing with Blood Pressure Control? -- 33 Lipid Abnormalities and Hypertension -- 34 Diabetes and Hypertension -- 35 Treatment of Hypertensive Patients with Chronic Renal Insufficiency -- 36 Treating Angina Pectoris in Hypertension -- 37 Hypertension and Its Treatment in Concomitant Conditions: Degenerative Joint Disease, Depression, Alzheimerโs Disease, and Parkinsonโs Disease -- 38 Cognitive Disorders and Dementia in Hypertension: Implications for Treatment -- 39 Refractory Hypertension -- 40 Hypertensive Emergencies -- 41 Referring to Hypertension Experts: The Hypertension Consultant