Hypertension (Oxford Cardiology Library) 3E 3° Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198870678,0198870671,9780192643643, 0192643649
Product detail:
- ISBN 10: 0192643649
- ISBN 13: 9780192643643
- Author: Sunil K. Nadar, Gregory Y. H. Lip
The management of hypertension varies considerably from clinician to clinician. This pocketbook is a concise and evidence-based summary of current understanding and practice, including the most up-to-date guidance from national and international bodies and their recommendations for hypertension care.
Written by an international team of experts, it covers all the key aspects of hypertension from epidemiology and aetiology to investigations, management, and complications. It also covers the management of hypertension in special patient groups such as in pregnancy and the elderly. Emphasis is laid throughout the book on lowering cardiovascular risk as a part of managing hypertension. An essential tool for everyday use in managing hypertension, this book aids clinical decision-making by collating all the relevant information and guidance in one easily accessible place.
This new edition has been fully updated to include expanded content on hypertension mediated organ damage and two new chapters covering the effects of hypertension on the brain and on the eyes.
Table of contents:
- Part 1 Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis
- 1 Epidemiology of hypertension
- 2 Pathophysiology of hypertension
- 3 Secondary hypertension
- 4 Diagnosis and investigation of hypertension
- Part 2 Complications of hypertension
- 5 Hypertension: a cardiovascular risk factor
- 6 Left ventricular hypertrophy
- 7 Atrial fibrillation and hypertension
- 8 The brain in hypertension
- 9 The kidneys in hypertension
- 10 The eye in hypertension
- Part 3 Management of hypertension
- 11 Overview of guidelines on management of hypertension
- 12 Hypertension and cardiovascular risk management
- 13 Non-pharmacological management of hypertension
- 14 Diuretics in hypertension
- 15 Beta blockers in hypertension
- 16 Calcium channel blockers in hypertension
- 17 Blockers of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system in hypertension
- 18 Other antihypertensive agents
- 19 Renal denervation
- 20 Improving medication adherence in hypertension
- Part 4 Special conditions
- 21 Hypertension in pregnancy: physiopathological, preventive, therapeutic, and long-term considerations
- 22 Hypertensive emergencies
- 23 Treatment of the older adult
- 24 Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension
- 25 Hypertension in patients with diabetes mellitus