Resistant Hypertension Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mancia, Giuseppe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Internal Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.

A growing number of people suffer from so-called resistant hypertension, that is to say, high blood pressure that does not respond to treatment. This disorder is of great current interest and importance for public health, being a common clinical problem faced by both primary care clinicians and spec...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Resistant Hypertension: Definition, Prevalence and Cardiovascular Risk
• 2. Resistant Hypertension: Neurohumoral Aspects
• 3 Metabolic Alterations
• 4. Cardiac and Vascular Alterations in Resistant Hypertension
• 5 The Pathophysiology of the Kidney in Resistant Hypertension
• 6 False vs. True Resistant Hypertension
• 7 Causes of Resistant Hypertension
• 8 24-hour Ambulatory BP Monitoring and Home BP Measurements in Resistant Hypertension
• 9 Factors Predicting Blood Pressure Response to Treatment
• 10 Treatment of Resistant Hypertension. Which Additional Antihypertensive Drugs?
• 11 The Role of Renal Denervation
• 12 The Role of Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation
• 13 Pathophysiology: Metabolic Alterations and Risk Factors
• 14 Follow-up of Patients with Resistant Hypertension
• 15 Resistant Hypertension: Cost-Benefit Considerations
• 16 Involvement of Health Professionals From the General Practitioner to the Hypertension Specialist and the Hypertension Center.