This book is devoted to hypertension in children and adolescents, a clinical issue that -- thanks to the strides made in several areas of pathophysiological and clinical research -- has received growing interest in cardiovascular medicine over the last several years. Given the i…
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…
