Hypertension and Brain Damage

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Coca, Antonio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Angiology.; Cardiology.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.

This book focuses on diverse aspects of the relationship between hypertension and brain damage, providing up-to-date information that will be of interest to both clinicians and researchers. After an introductory chapter on epidemiology, the significance of various comorbidities that represent risk f...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Epidemiology of hypertension and brain disease
• Chapter 2. Comorbidities often associated to brain damage in hypertension: Dyslipidemia
• Chapter 3. Comorbidities often associated to brain damage in hypertension: Smoking habits and alcohol intake
• Chapter 4. Comorbidities often associated to brain damage in hypertension: CAD, CKD and SAOS
• Chapter 5. Pathophysiology of brain damage in hypertension: small vessel disease
• Chapter 6. Pathophysiology of brain damage in hypertension: large artery disease
• Chapter 7. Hypertension and ischemic stroke
• Chapter 8. Hypertension and hemorrhagic stroke
• Chapter 9. Imaging techniques for detection and diagnosis of brain damage
• Chapter 10. Primary prevention of stroke
• Chapter 11. Management of high blood pressure in acute ischemic stroke
• Chapter 12. Management of high blood pressure in acute hemorrhagic stroke
• Chapter 13. Secondary prevention of stroke
• Chapter 14. Hypertension and subjective cognitive failures
• Chapter 15. Hypertension, cognitive decline and dementia.