Hypertension medicine

by Weber, Michael A.

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Full title :Hypertension medicine / edited by Michael A. Weber ; foreword by Norman K. Hollenberg.

Summary

Hypertension is a major medical problem, almost certainly the most common chronic disease in the urban world, one afflicting at least 20-25% of patients seen in any practitioner's office. Research into the control of blood pressure and the pathogenesis of hypertension is progressing rapidly, and a wide range of treatment choices is now available. In Hypertension Medicine, Michael Weber, MD, and a panel of distinguished authorities provide a comprehensive practical survey focusing on the key issues that determine the who, when, and how of hypertension management. Emphasis is given to the practical issues of management: how to select treatments that optimize results for even the most difficult-to-treat hypertensive patient and what to do to solve the major concomitant problems. Also examined in detail are the principal underlying mechanisms of hypertension, particularly those that help explain treatment choices, as well as the best techniques for successfully evaluating patients before treatment. Authoritative and eminently readable, Hypertension Medicine constitutes a highly practical account of the challenging issues faced daily by family physicians, internists, and general practitioners in the evaluation and optimal management of hypertension.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2001.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Humana
Place of Publication:Totowa, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2001.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xv, 461 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0585439621, 9780585439624, 9781592590087, 159259008X, 9781475754469, 1475754469
DOI:10.1007/978-1-59259-008-7
oclc:ocm52238967
LC Classification:RC685.H8
Dewey Decimal:616.1/32

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 Measurement -- Still 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 Firs…

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