ABC of Hypertension

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Description

High blood pressure is a common chronic medical problem encountered in primary care, yet it is commonly under diagnosed. ABC of Hypertension is a long established, practical guide to the investigation, treatment and management of hypertensive patients. This sixth edition:

• Provides practical guidance on measurement of blood pressure and the investigation and management of hypertensive patients
• Explains new developments in measurement and automated measurement of blood pressure and
• Updates coverage on treatment of the elderly and explains of the implications of recent trials
• Incorporates current British Hypertension Society and NICE guidelines

Table of Contents

Preface vi

1 The prevalence and causes of hypertension 1
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

2 Hypertension and vascular risk 10
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

3 Pathophysiology of hypertension 20
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

4 Blood pressure measurement, 27
Eoin O’Brien

Part 1: Factors influencing all techniques of blood pressure measurement, 27

Part 2: Conventional blood pressure measurement, 33

Part 3: Ambulatory blood pressure measurement, 38

Part 4: Self-blood pressure measurement, 43

5 Screening and management in primary care, 47
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

6 Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension, 53
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

7 Investigation in patients with hypertension, 57
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

8 Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension, 63
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

9 The pharmacological treatment of hypertension and endovascular renal sympathetic denervation, 68
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

10 Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease, 81
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

11 Special groups; diabetes mellitus, renal disease, renal artery stenosis and connective tissue diseases, 87
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

12 Ethnicity, age and hypertension, 93
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

13 Hypertension, pregnancy and the oral contraceptives, 98
Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers

Index, 108