Resistant Hypertension

• Main Author: Salvetti, Massimo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Practical Case Studies in Hypertension Management,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Angiology.; Cardiology.; Nephrology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.

This book is designed to assist physicians in the everyday management of hypertensive patients, with a particular focus on difficult-to-treat and resistant hypertension. The selected clinical cases are representative of the patients who are seen in the “real world”, rather than rare clinical cases,...

Table of Contents:

• Clinical scenario 1: Adult Patient with True Resistant Hypertension
• Clinical scenario 2: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: high BP induced by exogenous substances
• Clinical scenario 3: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: low adherence
• Clinical scenario 4: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: drug intolerance
• Clinical scenario 5: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: spurious resistant hypertension
• Clinical scenario 6: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: comorbidities.