Main description:

Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. It can lead to severe complications and increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and death. Blood pressure is the force exerted by the blood against the walls of the blood vessels.

Comprising more than 1000 pages, this book is a complete guide to the diagnosis and management of hypertension.

Divided into 19 sections, the text begins with an introduction to hypertension, its causes, risk factors, and how it presents in different sectors of the population. The next chapters discuss diagnostic methods and echocardiography.

The following sections cover hypertension associated with other disorders including heart failure, stroke, renovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, and many more.

Numerous clinical management strategies are discussed in depth, as well as cardio-oncology, nutrition, and ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation - a procedure that uses a machine to take over the work of the lungs and sometimes, the heart). A complete section is dedicated to paediatric cardiology and hypertension.

With an internationally recognised editor and author team, the comprehensive text is highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables. The book also includes full online access.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of hypertension comprising over 1000 pages
Internationally recognised editor and author team
Highly illustrated with clinical photographs, diagrams and tables
Includes full online access to the book

Contents:

SECTION 1: CLINICAL
SECTION 2: DIAGNOSTIC METHODOLOGY IN HYPERTENSION
SECTION 3: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN HYPERTENSION EVALUATION
SECTION 4: HYPERTENSION TO HEART FAILURE
SECTION 5: HYPERTENSION TO STROKE
SECTION 6: HYPERTENSION AND AORTA
SECTION 7: HYPERTENSION AND RENOVASCULAR DISEASES
SECTION 8: HYPERTENSION AND INTERVENTION
SECTION 9: HYPERTENSION AND CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE
SECTION 10: HYPERTENSION AND PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
SECTION 11: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
SECTION 12: PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY AND HYPERTENSION
SECTION 13: METABOLIC SYNDROME AND HYPERTENSION
SECTION 14: NUTRITION AND HYPERTENSION
SECTION 15: CARDIO-ONCOLOGY AND HYPERTENSION
SECTION 16: SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RELEASE SYNDROME WITH RESISTANT HYPERTENSION
SECTION 17: ECMO AND HYPERTENSION
SECTION 18: REHABILITATION
SECTION 19: FUTURE DIRECTIONS