Hypertensive heart disease, the number one cause of death associated with hypertension, refers to coronary artery disease, heart failure, and enlargement of the heart that occurs because of high blood pressure. This issue summarizes the current state-of-the-art in diagnosing, treating, and preventing this potentially fatal disease so that cardiologists can offer the best current treatment to their patients.
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. Foreword - p. 5 6. Preface - p. 6 7. Pathogenesis and Clinical Physiology of Hypertension - p. 7 8. Prehypertension: An Opportunity for a New Public Health Paradigm - p. 18 9. Principles and Techniques of Blood Pressure Measurement - p. 25 10. Initial Clinical Encounter with the Patient with Established Hypertension - p. 37 11. Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents - p. 44 12. Treatment and Control of High Blood Pressure in Adults - p. 52 13. Hypertension in Special Populations: Chronic Kidney Disease, Organ Transplant Recipients, Pregnancy, Autonomic Dysfunction, Racial and Ethnic Populations - p. 60 14. Resistant Hypertension, Secondary Hypertension, and Hypertensive Crises: Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment - p. 73 15. Patient Self-Management Support: Novel Strategies in Hypertension and Heart Disease - p. 85 16. The Role of Diets, Food, and Nutrients in the Prevention and Control of Hypertension and Prehypertension - p. 92 17. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Hypertensive Heart Disease - p. 99 18. Index - p. 112
Hypertensive heart disease, the number one cause of death associated with hypertension, refers to coronary artery disease, heart failure, and enlargement of the heart that occurs because of high blood pressure. This issue summarizes the current state-of-the-art in diagnosing, treating, and preventing this potentially fatal disease so that cardiologists can offer the best current treatment to their patients.
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. Foreword - p. 5 6. Preface - p. 6 7. Pathogenesis and Clinical Physiology of Hypertension - p. 7 8. Prehypertension: An Opportunity for a New Public Health Paradigm - p. 18 9. Principles and Techniques of Blood Pressure Measurement - p. 25 10. Initial Clinical Encounter with the Patient with Established Hypertension - p. 37 11. Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents - p. 44 12. Treatment and Control of High Blood Pressure in Adults - p. 52 13. Hypertension in Special Populations: Chronic Kidney Disease, Organ Transplant Recipients, Pregnancy, Autonomic Dysfunction, Racial and Ethnic Populations - p. 60 14. Resistant Hypertension, Secondary Hypertension, and Hypertensive Crises: Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatment - p. 73 15. Patient Self-Management Support: Novel Strategies in Hypertension and Heart Disease - p. 85 16. The Role of Diets, Food, and Nutrients in the Prevention and Control of Hypertension and Prehypertension - p. 92 17. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Hypertensive Heart Disease - p. 99 18. Index - p. 112
