Assessment of preclinical organ damage in hypertension. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Enrico Agabiti Rosei, Giuseppe Mancia, editors.
• Editors: Agabiti Rosei, Enrico; Mancia, Giuseppe
• Contents: PART I: HEART 1 Electrocardiography -- 2 Echocardiography -- 3 New techniques: 3D, CT, MRI -- PART II: LARGE ARTERIES 4 Ultrasound of Carotid IMT and plaque.- 5 Ultrasound of the Aorta/coronary arteries.- 6 Pulse wave velocity and central BP.- 7 Ankle-brachial index -- 8 Atherosclerosis and general principles of arterial imaging -- 9 Imaging and ageing of the aorta and large arteries in the lower extremities -- PART III: SMALL ARTERIES 10 Micro myography -- 11 Damage of the retinal arterioles -- 12 Capillaroscopy -- 13 Other techniques for assessment -- PART IV: KIDNEY 14 Proteinuria -- 15 Glomerular Filtration Rate -- 16 Other techniques -- PART V: BRAIN 17 RMN/TC: Evaluation of Brain damage -- 18 Questionnaires for cognitive function -- 19 Other techniques for neurological damage.- 20 Relation between blood pressure and markers of organ damage.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 218 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.1/32; Hypertension; Cardiovascular system -- Wounds and injuries; Brain -- Wounds and injuries; Kidneys -- Wounds and injuries; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Brain -- Wounds and injuries; Hypertension; Kidneys -- Wounds and injuries; Medicine & Public Health; Cardiology; Angiology; Nephrology; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Hypertension -- complications; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319156033; 3319156039; 3319156020; 9783319156026
• Related ISBNs: 9783319156026
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 20, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.