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By
Gregory Lip, Consultant Cardiologist, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital Birmingham, UK
John Hall, PhD, Guyton Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Description
Here is today's most in-depth reference for any cardiologist, internist, or nephrologist interested in hypertension. Drawing from international
experience in cardiology, physiology, and nephrology, Drs. Lip and Hall have assembled a group of section editors and contributors second
to none. You'll find the long-term effects of primary and secondary hypertension and a lengthy section on hypertensions for special populations
featured prominently. Prevention and treatment of hypertension are covered in detail, from lifestyle and diet issues to drug choice and
delivery, and the section on comparison of guidelines is unique to this book.
Audience
Cardiologists, Nephrologists, Internist and residents
Contents
SECTION 1 - EPIDEMIOLOGY
*Blood pressure in Westernized populations
*Low blood pressure populations, the impact
of rural -urban migration
*Regional differences in blood pressure in developed countries
*Low blood pressure populations, the
impact of rural -urban migration
*Fetal influences on blood pressure: the Barker hypothesis
*Blood pressure and the risks of
cardiovascular disease and stroke
SECTION 2 - PATHOGENESIS OF HYPERTENSION - HEMODYNAMICS AND VASCULAR MECHANISMS
*Haemodynamics of essential hypertension
*Genetic models of hypertension
*Experimental models of hypertension
*Left ventricular
physiology in hypertension
*The arterial system in human hypertension
*Resistance vessels in hypertension
*Endothelial function
*Vascular growth, angiogenesis and hypertension
*Vascular smooth muscle
*Cell membranes - vascular smooth muscle action transport
- vascular smooth muscle regulation by calcium magnesium and potassium
*Coagulation and platelet abnormalities
*Cytokines and
inflammation
SECTION 3 - PATHOGENESIS OF HYPERTENSION - RENAL AND NEUROHUMORAL MECHANISMS
*Role of the
kidney
*Autonomic control and hemodynamics of hypertension, baroreceptor function and reflexes
*Central nervous control of blood
pressure
*The Renin-Angiotensin System
*Aldosterone and other adrenal steroids
*The endothelins
*Nitric oxide
*Reactive
oxygen species and oxidative stress
*The natriuretic peptides
*Other peptide and related systems
*Other peptide and related
systems
*Eicosanoids
*The kallikrein-kinin systems
*Sex steroids - estrogens and testosterone
SECTION 4 -
PATHOGENESIS OF HYPERTENSION - GENETICS AND LIFESTYLE
*Genetic approaches to hypertension: relevance to human hypertension
*Monogenic forms of human hypertension
*Potential role of gene therapy in treating hypertension and cardiovascular disease
*Lifestyle
and blood pressure
*Obesity
*Dietary fats and blood pressure
*Vegetarian diets, protein and fiber
*Exercise
*Electrolye
intake and human hypertension
*Alcohol intake and blood pressure
*Psychosocial stress and hypertension
SECTION
5 - TARGET ORGAN DAMAGE
*The effects of hypertension on the structure of human resistance vessels
*Pathogenesis of
atheroma
*The brain in hypertension
*The kidney in hypertension
*The heart in hypertension
*The eye in hypertension
*Aortic
dissection
SECTION 6 - SPECIAL GROUPS
*Hypertension in children
*Hypertension in the elderly
*Hypertension
in pregnancy
*Hypertension, Insulin resistance and diabetes
*Hypertension in renal failure
*Hypertension in ethnic subgroups
*Renin subgroups in hypertension
*Hyperadrenergic and 'labile' hypertension
*Resistant hypertension
*Perioperative hypertension,
preparing the *Hypertensive patient for anesthesia and surgery
*Hypertension in the setting of acute myocardial infarction and percutaneous
interventions
*Hypertension in patients with concomitant stroke
*Hypertension in patients with concomitant cardiac disorders,
eg. heart failure, atrial fibrillation, etc
*Hypertensive urgencies and emergencies
SECTION 7 - SECONDARY HYPERTENSION
*Renal
and renovascular hypertension
*Renin-secreting tumors
*Primary aldosteronism and other forms of mineralocorticoid hypertension
*Cushing's Syndrome and hypertension
*Oral contraceptives, Hormone Replacement Therapy and hypertension
*Drug-induced hypertension
*Phaeochromocytoma
*Endocrine hypertension: Thyroid disease and acromegagly
*Coarctation of the Aorta
*Hypertension and
central nervous system
*Sleep apnea and hypertension
SECTION 8 - CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND INVESTIGATIONS
*Overview
of assessment and investigation of the hypertensive patient
*Blood pressure measurement
*Clinical assessment and examination
of the hypertensive patient
*Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
*ECGs, echocardiography, exercise testing, other cardiological
investigations
SECTION 9 - DRUG TREATMENT
*Diuretics
*Beta-blockers
*Calcium antagonists
*ACE
inhibitors
*Angiotensin Receptor Blockers
*Alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists
*Vasodilators
*Renin inhibitors and Neutral
Endopeptidase *Inhibitors
*Centrally acting drugs
*Combination therapy in the treatment of hypertension
*Interactions between
antihypertensive drugs and other medications
*Lipid-lowering therapy
*Antithrombotic therapy
*The target blood pressure when
treating hypertension
*Compliance, quality of life, cost-effectiveness
SECTION 10 - NON PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT
*Non-pharmacological
management of hypertension
*Multidisciplinary management of hypertension, role of the nurse
SECTION 11 - GUIDELINES
*Guidelines
for treating hypertension
*Guidelines for treating hypertension - An overview, Europe and Australia
*Guidelines for treating
hypertension - An overview, D: Third World
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 1248 pages, publication date: JUN-2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03961-1
ISBN-10: 0-323-03961-8
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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