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Endocrine Hypertension, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

  • 1st Edition, Volume 40-2 - June 13, 2011
  • Author: Lawrence Krakoff
  • Language: English
  • Hardback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 5 5 7 - 0 4 4 1 - 5

This important issue of Endocrinology Clinics is devoted to the unique topic of endocrine-adrenal and steroid hypertension. The following topics are covered. An overview of en… Read more

Endocrine Hypertension, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

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This important issue of Endocrinology Clinics is devoted to the unique topic of endocrine-adrenal and steroid hypertension. The following topics are covered. An overview of endocrine systems and hypertension; accuracy and cost effectiveness of screening for adrenal-endocrine hypertension; pheochromocytoma and related chromaffin cell tumors in adreno-medullary disease; variants, detection, and treatment of Cushing’s Syndrome; how glucocorticoids cause hypertension and cardiovascular disease; primary aldosteronism, Conn’s diagnosis and management; familial or genetic primary aldosteronism in Gordon’s Sydrome; Liddle’s Syndrome, Bartter, Gitelman, and related disorders of high and low pressure and pregnancy-related hypertension due to MR mutation; glucocorticoid remediable hypertension; low rennin hypertension in childhood; ovarian hypertension and PCOS; and oral contraceptives and hypertension.