Hypertension and Comorbidities

• Main Author: Virdis, Agostino (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.; Cardiology.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Nephrology.; Geriatrics.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

This guide is structured to assist physicians in the management of those hypertensive patients who present with specific comorbidities, such as diabetes, systolic dysfunction, obesity, renal disease, or previous cardiac events, often associated with hypertension. The clinical cases contained in this...

Table of Contents:

• Clinical case 1: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Systolic Dysfunction
• Clinical case 2: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Myocardial Infarction
• Clinical case 3: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus
• Clinical case 4: Adult Patient with Hypertension and End-stage renal disease
• Clinical case 5: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure
• Clinical case 6: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation
• Clinical case 7: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Obesity
• Clinical case 8: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Previous Stroke.