"The book covers the basics, diagnostics, and treatment of hypertension. The accompanying website resource includes the electronic version of the text (eBook) with roughly the same information contained in the main text. The previous edition was published in 2017." ©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Jonathan Rzonzew, MD Candidate (Universidad San Francisco de Quito) Doody’s Score: 96 - 4 Stars!
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Cardiology**
Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Hypertension: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides today’s clinicians with clear, authoritative guidance on every aspect of managing and treating patients who suffer from hypertensive disorders. An invaluable resource for cardiologists, endocrinologists, and nephrologists, this one-stop reference covers all the latest developments from basic science to clinical trials and guidelines related to the treatment of common to complex hypertension. Now fully updated from cover to cover, the 4th Edition offers unparalleled coverage of hypertension in an accessible and user-friendly manner.
Thoroughly covers new treatment guidelines related to recent research and the latest physiologic understanding for a wide range of patients with hypertension and related co-morbidities
Includes new chapters on Hypertension in Women, Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists, Exercise and Hypertension, and Telemedicine/Digital Health
Contains new or expanded content on epidemiology, pathophysiology, immunology, clinical findings, laboratory testing, invasive and non-invasive testing, risk stratification, clinical decision-making, prognosis, and management
Provides new chapter summaries and a new focus on clinical and actionable content using a streamlined, narrative format
Covers behavior management and prevention as an integral part of hypertensive and pre-hypertensive treatment plans
Highlights combination drug therapies and management of chronic complications of hypertension
Offers expert guidance from worldwide experts in cardiology, endocrinology, and nephrology, and integrates the most recent guidelines from leading organizations around the world
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
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SECTION I: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES
1. General Population and Global Cardiovascular Risk Prediction
2. Diet and Hypertension
3. Exercise and Hypertension
4. Hypertension in Women
SECTION II: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
5. Pathophysiology of Hypertension
6. Genetics of Hypertension
7. Inflammation and Immunity in Hypertension
SECTION III: DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION
8. The Environment and High Blood Pressure
9. Office Blood Pressure Measurement
10. Home Monitoring of Blood Pressure
11. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Hypertension Management
12. White Coat and Masked Hypertension
13. Renovascular Hypertension and ISchemic Neuropathy
14. Secondary Hypertension: Primary Hyperaldosteronism and Mineralocorticoid Excess States
15. Secondary Hypertension: Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
16. Sleep Disruption and Blood Pressure
SECTION IV: RISK STRATIFICATION
17. The Natural History of Untreated Hypertension
18. Isolated Systolic Hypertension
19. Assessment of Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage
SECTION V: ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY
20. Diuretics Therapy
21. Calcium Channel Blockers
22. Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System Blockers
23. Aldosterone and Hypertension
24. ß-Blockers, Central Sympathetic Agents,and Direct Vasodilators
25. Peripheral Alpha Blockers
26. Initial Combination Therapies
27. Devices Therapies for Hypertension
28. The Treatment of Hypertension With Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, and Lifestyle
SECTION VI: HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
29. Approach to Difficult to Manage Primary Hypertension
30. Team-Based Care for Hypertension Management
31. Medication Adherence: Focus on Improvement
32. Digital Health and Telemedicine for Hypertension
SECTION VII HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT WITH COMORBIDITIES
33. Ischemic Heart Disease
34. Heart Failure
35. Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Including Dialysis
36. Transplant Hypertension
37. Obesity and Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Treatment
38. Cerebrovascular Disease
39. Diabetes Mellitus: Management of Hypertension in Diabetes
40. Onco-Hypertension: Anticancer Therapy-Associated Hypertension
41. Autonomic Dysfunction and Orthostatic Hypotension
42. Dyslipidemia
43. Aorta and Peripheral Arterial Disease in Hypertension
SECTION VIII SPECIAL POPULATIONS
44. Hypertension in Pregnancy
45. Hypertension in Older People
46. Hypertension in African Americans
47. Resistant Hypertension
48. Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies
49. Hypertension in Children: Diagnosis and Treatment
Appendix Meta-Analyses of Blood Pressure Lowering Trials
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State-of-the-art, comprehensive coverage of hypertension from experts in the field
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780323883696
Publisert
2024-01-04
Utgave
4. utgave
Utgiver
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division; Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Vekt
1600 gr
Høyde
276 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
640