The prevalence of hypertension is almost three times as high as that of diabetes mellitus type 2, with both conditions being major risk factors for stroke, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure. The exact prevalence of hypertension related to hormonal de…
"In this book, Professor Paul Korner has provided a unique synthesis of the pathophysiology of essential hypertension (EH), which will provide an invaluable resource for hypertension researchers, cardiovascular physicians, and neuroscientists. The normal operations of the brain …
"In this book, Professor Paul Korner has provided a unique synthesis of the pathophysiology of essential hypertension (EH), which will provide an invaluable resource for hypertension researchers, cardiovascular physicians, and neuroscientists. The normal operations of the brain …
"In this book, Professor Paul Korner has provided a unique synthesis of the pathophysiology of essential hypertension (EH), which will provide an invaluable resource for hypertension researchers, cardiovascular physicians, and neuroscientists. The normal operations of the brain …
This new account of the pathogenesis of essential hypertension (EH) represents a detailed analysis of the main components of the circulatory control system. The latter's properties resemble those of man-made adaptive control systems in which regulatory parameters are altered whe…
Our knowledge of secondary hypertension has grown significantly in recent years with the introduction of new diagnostic tools, biochemical tests, and drugs. In Secondary Hypertension: Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment, world-renowned researchers and clinicians crit…
The authors critically evaluate and summarize the latest ideas about the screening, diagnosis, and medical/surgical treatment of secondary hypertension in adults and children. Drawing on a variety of medical disciplines--including nephrology, endocrinology, internal medicine, an…
Summarizes current concepts in the basic physiology, diagnosis, evaluation, and management of hypertension in children. Specific chapters of the book include the regulation of blood pressure in children from fetal life through maturity, the approach to the assessment of blood pr…
After obesity and asthma, hypertension is the most frequently occurring chronic disease in childhood, as well as an important precursor of adult cardiovascular disease. In Pediatric Hypertension, a multidisciplinary panel of physicians, clinicians, and academicians comprehensive…