Hypertension, 4th Edition

by George L. Bakris, MD, Matthew Sorrentino, MD and Luke J. Laffin, MD

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ISBN: 9780323883696

Publication Date: 01-25-2024

Page Count: 640

Imprint: Elsevier

List Price: $146.99

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Key Features
- 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
Contents

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
Authors

George L. Bakris, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Comprehensive Hypertension Center, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Matthew Sorrentino, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA and Luke J. Laffin, MD, Co-Director, Center for Blood Pressure Disorders, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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