Hypertension

Name: Hypertension
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ISBN: 9780077095239

ISBN-10: 0077095235

ISBN-13: 9780077095239

Edition: 2002

Authors: Albert Zanchetti, Lennart Hansen, Jose Rodicio, Stevo Julius

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This is one of the latest titles in this series which gives practitioners a convenient and reliable resource for direct, up-to-the-minute clinical advice in the daily management of their patients.

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 10/24/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Definition and Diagnosis of Hypertension
Blood pressure and atherosclerotic risk factors	p. 3
Definition and classification of hypertension: the WHO criteria	p. 13
How to measure blood pressure	p. 19
Investigations in the Patient with Hypertension
Detection of organ damage: heart	p. 37
Detection of large artery damage in hypertension	p. 51
Detection of damage to the brain	p. 63
Ocular damage in hypertension	p. 73
Detection of organ damage: kidneys	p. 79
Diagnostic strategies in renovascular hypertension	p. 87
Diagnostic investigations in primary aldosteronism	p. 101
Investigations in secondary hypertension: pheochromocytoma	p. 115
Investigations in secondary hypertension: renal disease	p. 119
Management of the Patient with Hypertension
Cost and cost-effectiveness of hypertension management: impact on care	p. 129
Prescribing and monitoring life-style patterns in patients with hypertension	p. 135
Principles of drug therapy: antihypertensive agents	p. 145
Monotherapy vs combined treatment in hypertension: new clinical trials data	p. 177
Management of hypertension in elderly patients	p. 183
Management of hypertension in the black population	p. 195
Management of hypertension in the diabetic patient	p. 201
The hypertensive patient with coronary heart disease	p. 209
Hypertension in pregnancy	p. 221
Hypertension and menopause	p. 227
Quality of life in hypertension	p. 233
How to manage hypertension in clinical practice, and what can be expected from a hypertension clinic	p. 241
Index
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