Hypertension and Metabolic Cardiovascular Risk Factors

• Main Author: Cicero, Arrigo F. G. (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.; Angiology.; Cardiology.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Metabolic diseases.; Nephrology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Metabolic Diseases.

The aim of this guide is to provide clinicians with practical reference for the management of hypertensive patients with other cardiovascular risk factors, which originate from impaired metabolic functions. With the aid of carefully selected, paradigmatic case studies, the physician will find sound...

Table of Contents:

• Clinical case 1: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome
• Clinical case 2: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Diabetes
• Clinical case 3: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Familial Hypercholesterolemia
• Clinical case 4: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Hypertriglyceridemia
• Clinical case 5: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Obesity
• Clinical case 6: Adult Patient with Hypertension and Gout.