Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

ISBN-13: 9783319395975 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 385 str.

Emmanuel A. Andreadis

Opis

This book provides comprehensive analysis into individualized patient care, and applying evidence‐based medicine while integrating basic medical knowledge with applied medicine. The Editor and the contributors not only discuss important issues on hypertension management and its deleterious consequences if it is not well‐controlled, but also highlight the important signaling pathways involved in the pathogenesis of hypertensive heart disease and cardiac hypertrophy.

Recenzje

"This book fulfills its purpose of providing a deeper understanding of the cardiovascular manifestations of hypertension in diverse patient populations using a very simple, practical, and straightforward approach. ... This book will help patients, physicians, and ancillary staff to articulate their understanding of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, delineate their knowledge and skills, and become well versed in decision making." (Fahad Javed, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2017)

Spis treści

Hypertension; A Growing Threat.- Blood Measuring Techniques.- Key Vascular Signaling In Hypertension.- The Progression Of Hypertensive Heart Disease To Left Ventricular Hypertrophy And Heart Failure.- Cardiac Output In Hypertension.- Structural Alterations In The Hypertensive Heart Disease Result In Maladaptive Gap Junction Remodeling That Promotes Development Of Fatal Arrhythmias.- Hypertension And Atrial Fibrillation.- Echocardiographic Findings In Hypertension.- Cardiovascular Biomarkers In Hypertension.- Cardiovascular Risk Assessment And The Role Of Lifestyle Modification In The Prevention Of Hypertensive Heart Disease.- The Role Of Exercise And Physical Activity In The Prevention Of Hypertensive Heart Disease.- Hypertension And Atherosclerosis.- Selecting Optimum Antihypertensive Therapy.- The J‐Curve Phenomenon In Hypertension.- Follow‐Up Of Hypertensive Patients With Cardiovascular Disease.- Hypertension As A Cause Of Sudden Cardiac Death.- Approach To Erectile Dysfunction In Patients With Hypertension And Coronary Artery Disease.- Postmenopausal Hypertension And Coronary Artery Disease Risk.- The Economic Burden Of Hypertensive Heart Disease.- Hypertension; Grey Zones, Future Perspectives.

O autorze

Head of the Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic, 4th

Department of Internal Medicine Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece (European Society of Hypertension Excellence Center)

General Secretary of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Hypertension 2012‐2014

Board member of Writing Committee of the Society’s of Hypertension Guidelines 2008

Member of the European Society of Hypertension and the Hellenic Society of Hypertension

The Editor’s Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic has been recognized by the European Society of Hypertension as a Hypertension Center of Excellence; it provides an outstanding, high‐quality and cutting‐edge clinical care. The therapeutic approach is unique because it deals with the global cardiovascular risk (treatment of diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, obesity, ischemic heart disease, etc.).

In addition, it provides 24‐hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and offers devices for accurate home blood pressure monitoring when needed. Furthermore, it is renowned center of education providing students, residents, and practicing physicians with state of the art training about hypertension and its management.

Blurb

This book reviews the recent advances in understanding the pathophysiology and the fundamental diagnostic, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of arterial hypertension. It collates and updates the knowledge in this area and focuses on how to approach a patient with hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

There is an overall emphasis on the deleterious consequences that hypertension has on the cardiovascular system, since hypertension often coexists with heart disease, arrhythmia and dyslipidemia, further increasing total cardiovascular risk. Each chapter adopts a concise approach to its topic and can therefore also be read as a standalone article.

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease is a valuable text for scientists engaged in this complex field. It further serves to inspire young physicians, and emphasizes the need for scientific rigor to be applied to patient care as well as research.