Hypertension : a companion to Braunwald's heart disease /: a companion to Braunwald's heart disease. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Braunwald's heart disease.
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Henry R. Black, William J. Elliott.
• Other Names: Black, Henry R (Henry Richard), 1942-; (Physician), Elliott, William J
• Contents: Section 1: Epidemiology and pathophysiology. Epidemiology of Hypertension ; Pathogenesis of Hypertension. -- Section 2: Diagnosis. Defining Hypertension ; Office Blood Pressure Measurement ; Home Monitoring of Blood Pressure ; Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Hypertension Management ; White Coat and Masked Hypertension ; Secondary Hypertension: Renovascular Hypertension ; Secondary Hypertension: Renin-Independent Mineralocorticoid Excess States ; Secondary Hypertension: Pheochromocytoma ; Secondary Hypertension: Sleep Apnea ; Rare and Unusual Forms of Hypertension. -- Section 3: Risk stratification. The Natural History of Untreated Hypertension ; The Special Problem of Isolated Systolic Hypertension ; Assessment of Hypertensive Target Organ Damage ; Prediction of Global Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertension. -- Section 4: Treatment. Diet and Blood Pressure ; Diuretic Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease ; ß-Blockers in Hypertension ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors ; Angiotensin Receptor Blockers ; Calcium Channel Blockers in Hypertension ; a-Blockers ; New Drugs for Hypertension ; Devices for Hypertension. -- Section 5: Outcome studies. Design of Outcomes Studies ; Meta-Analyses of Hypertension Trials: The Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration. -- Section 6: Hypertension and concomitant diseases. Ischemic Heart Disease in Hypertension ; Heart Failure in Hypertension ; Kidney Disease in Hypertension ; Transplant Hypertension ; Obesity in Hypertension ; Peripheral Artery Disease in Hypertension ; Cerebrovascular Disease in Hypertension ; Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus: An Update ; Dyslipidemia in Hypertension. -- Section 7: Special populations and special situations. Hypertension in Pregnancy ; Hypertension in Children and Adolescents ; Hypertension in Older Patients ; Hypertension in African Americans ; Hypertension in Hispanics ; Hypertension in East Asians and Native Hawaiians ; Hypertension in South Asians ; Resistant Hypertension ; Hypertension and the Perioperative Period ; Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies. -- Section 8: Hypertension treatment in the future. Team-Based Care for the Management of Hypertension ; Outcomes Research in Hypertension ; Pharmacogenetics of Antihypertensive Treatment ; Antihypertensive Drug Development: A Regulatory Perspective. -- Section 9: Guidelines. U.S. and Canadian Hypertension Guidelines ; European and British Guidelines on Hypertension.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 465 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.1/32; Hypertension; Heart -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Cardiology; Heart -- Diseases; Hypertension; Hypertension; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1455737356; 9781455737352
• Related ISBNs: 9781437727661; 1437727662
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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