Hypertension: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

by Black, Henry R.; Elliott, William J.

• ISBN13: 9781416030539
• ISBN10: 1416030530
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-10
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science

Summary

Clinical hypertension is one of the most serious long-term problems associated with heart disease. This companion to BRAUNWALD'S HEART DISEASE focuses in depth on this key area of cardiovascular medicine. Complete with practical clinical tools for management, it helps you manage the chronic problems of your hypertensive patients. It covers everything from epidemiology and pathophysiology through diagnosis, risk stratification, treatment, outcome studies, concomitant diseases, special populations and special situations, and future treatments. Addresses management of all special populations with chronic hypertensive disease. Includes Clinical Pearls for reducing complications of hypertension. Discusses hypertension and concomitant disease. Provides information on the practical management of hypertension and its role in complex diseases. Emphasizes prevention of hypertensive diseases. Covers behavior management as an integral part of treatment plan for hypertensives and pre-hypertensives. Assesses drugs and other forms of treatment. Presents current clinical guidelines for the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Encourages aggressive patient management to ensure minimal risk of further cardiovascular problems.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology	1	(46)
Epidemiology of Hypertension	3	(12)
Donald M. Lloyd-Jones
Daniel Levy
Genetics of Hypertension	15	(10)
Xiaodong Wu
Richard S. Cooper
Pathophysiology of Hypertension	25	(22)
Veronica Franco
David A. Calhoun
Suzanne Oparil
SECTION 2: Diagnosis	47	(106)
Defining Hypertension	49	(9)
Theodore A. Kotchen
Jane Morley Kotchen
Office Blood Pressure Measurement	58	(11)
Clarence E. Grim
Carlene M. Grim
Home Monitoring of Blood Pressure	69	(16)
Thomas G. Pickering
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hypertension	85	(8)
William B. White
Secondary Hypertension: Renovascular Hypertension	93	(13)
William J. Elliott
Secondary Hypertension: Mineralocorticoid Excess States	106	(13)
Emmanuel L. Bravo
Secondary Hypertension: Pheochromocytoma	119	(15)
William F. Young, Jr.
Secondary Hypertension: Sleep Apnea	134	(10)
Gianfranco Parati
Grzegorz Bilo
Carolina Lombardi
Giuseppe Mancia
Rare and Unusual Forms of Hypertension	144	(9)
Ehud Grossman
Franz H. Messerli
SECTION 3: Risk Stratification	153	(46)
The Natural History of Untreated Hypertension	155	(14)
William J. Elliott
The Special Problem of Isolated Systolic Hypertension	169	(9)
Stanley S. Franklin
Assessment of Hypertensive Target Organ Damage	178	(12)
Joseph L. Izzo, Jr.
Philip R. Liebson
Philip B. Gorelick
James J. Reidy
Albert Mimran
Prediction of Global Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertension	190	(9)
Peter W. F. Wilson
SECTION 4: Treatment	199	(104)
Diet and Blood Pressure	201	(12)
Lawrence J. Appel
Diuretic Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease	213	(18)
Domenic A. Sica
Marvin Moser
β-Blockers in Hypertension	231	(8)
William H. Frishman
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors	239	(15)
Domenic A. Sica
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers	254	(14)
William J. Elliott
Henry R. Black
Calcium Channel Blockers in Hypertension	268	(18)
Alberto Zanchetti
α-Blockers	286	(9)
William J. Elliott
James L. Pool
New and Investigational Drugs for Hypertension	295	(8)
Alexander M. M. Shepherd
SECTION 5: Outcome Studies	303	(22)
Design of Outcomes Studies	305	(11)
James D. Neaton
Meta-analyses of Hypertension Trials	316	(9)
Fiona Turnbull
Bruce Neal
SECTION 6: Hypertension and Concomitant Diseases	325	(102)
Ischemic Heart Disease in Hypertension	327	(13)
Clive Rosendorff
Heart Failure in Hypertension	340	(11)
Ronald S. Freudenberger
John B. Kostis
Kidney Disease in Hypertension	351	(10)
Kenneth L. Choi
George L. Bakris
Transplant Hypertension	361	(9)
Sandra J. Taler
Obesity in Hypertension	370	(14)
F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer
Panagiotis Kokkoris
Peripheral Arterial Disease in Hypertension	384	(8)
Michael H. Criqui
Matthew A. Allison
Cerebrovascular Disease in Hypertension	392	(14)
Neil Chapman
Craig Anderson
John Chalmers
Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus	406	(12)
Maryann N. Mugo
Craig S. Stump
Priya G. Rao
James R. Sowers
Dyslipidemia in Hypertension	418	(9)
John C. LaRosa
SECTION 7: Special Populations and Special Situations	427	(98)
Hypertension in Pregnancy	429	(11)
Tiina Podymow
Phyllis August
Hypertension in Children and Adolescents	440	(17)
Bonita Falkner
Hypertension in the Elderly	457	(11)
Michael J. Bloch
Jan N. Basile
Hypertension in African Americans	468	(14)
John M. Flack
Tariq Shafi
Shalini Chandra
Jason Ramos
Samar A. Nasser
Errol D. Crook
Hypertension in Hispanics	482	(5)
David J. Hyman
Carlos Vallbona
Paul Pisarik
Valory N. Pavlik
Hypertension in East Asians and Pacific Islanders	487	(6)
Nathan D. Wong
Hypertension in South Asians	493	(5)
Prakash C. Deedwania
Rajeev Gupta
Resistant Hypertension	498	(14)
John F. Setaro
Hypertension and the Perioperative Period	512	(5)
Robert L. Bard
Robert D. Brook
Kim A. Eagle
Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies	517	(8)
Shakaib U. Rehman
Jan N. Basile
Donald G. Vidt
SECTION 8: Hypertension Treatment in the Future	525	(24)
Hypertension Disease Management Services	527	(8)
Barry L. Carter
Antihypertensive Drug Development: A Regulatory Perspective	535	(14)
Mehul G. Desai
Norman Stockbridge
Douglas C. Throckmorton
Robert Temple
SECTION 9: Guidelines	549	(28)
U.S. and Canadian Guidelines for Hypertension	551	(20)
Larry E. Fields
European, American, and British Guidelines: Similarities and Differences	571	(6)
Guiseppe Mancia
Guido Grassi
Index	577