Hypertension (Oxford Cardiology Library) 3E

NOTE EDITORE

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.

SOMMARIO

1 - Epidemiology of hypertension2 - Pathophysiology of hypertension3 - Secondary hypertension4 - Diagnosis and investigation of hypertension5 - Hypertension: a cardiovascular risk factor6 - Left ventricular hypertrophy7 - Atrial fibrillation and hypertension8 - The brain in Hypertension9 - The kidneys in hypertension10 - The eye in hypertension11 - Overview of the guidelines on the management of hypertension12 - Hypertension and cardiovascular risk management13 - Non-pharmacological management of hypertension14 - Diuretics in hypertension15 - Beta blockers in hypertension16 - Calcium channel blockers and hypertension17 - Blockers of the Renin- Angiotensin- Aldosterone system in hypertension18 - Other antihypertensive agents19 - Renal denervation20 - Improving medication adherence in hypertension21 - Hypertension in pregnancy: Physiopathological, preventive, therapeutic and long-term considerations22 - Hypertensive emergencies23 - Treatment of the older adult24 - Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension25 - Hypertension in patients with diabetes mellitus

AUTORE

Sunil K Nadar is a Consultant Cardiologist at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Muscat, Oman. Prior to this he worked as a Consultant Cardiologist at the NHS in Birmingham, UK. He did his research MD on platelet activation in hypertension and completed his specialist cardiology training in the West Midlands, UK. Dr Nadar is a Co-Editor with the Journal of Human Hypertension and an Associate Editor with the Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. He is currently involved in research work investigating the effects of thalassemia on the heart, the psychological impact of admission on patients with heart disease, and community awareness of the dangers of high dietary salt intake. He is also the coordinator for the May Measurement Month programme in Oman. Gregory Y.H. Lip, is Price-Evans Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Liverpool and Director of the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, UK. He is also Distinguished Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark, and Adjunct Professor at Seoul National University and Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. In 2014 Professor Lip was ranked by Expertscape as the world's leading expert in the understanding and treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. He was on the writing committee for various international guidelines and has acted at a senior editorial level for major international textbooks and journals. Professor Lip's current research interests range from epidemiology to pathophysiology, translational research, clinical risk assessment and trajectories of risk, patient management pathways, and applied health research.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198870678
• Collana: Oxford Cardiology Library
• Dimensioni: 216 x 15.0 x 140 mm Ø 390 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 288