Main description:

Manual of Hypertension is a comprehensive guide to current medical understanding of hypertension, its complications and management.

The book is comprised of 56 chapters, beginning with detailed sections on epidemiology and pathophysiology of hypertension, followed by secondary hypertension. Further sections cover the examination, diagnosis, and management of hypertension.

The manual features chapters on a range of comorbidities and management of patients with associated conditions, including rheumatic diseases, obesity, obstructive sleep apnoea, renal damage, dyslipidemia and hyperuricemia.

Manual of Hypertension incorporates the latest clinical trials and JNC 8 guidelines, providing up-to-date content. With colour images throughout, this book is ideal for use in everyday clinical practice.

Key Points

• Comprehensive guide to complications and management of hypertension


• Covers a wide range of comorbidities and associated conditions


• Incorporates latest clinical trials and JNC 8 guidelines


• Full colour images throughout

Contents:

1. Hypertension and Diabetes

2. Hypertension in COPD

3. Hypertension – Indian Perspective

4. Epidemiology of Hypertension in India- An Overview

5. Hypertension Management in Chronic Kidney Disease: ACE-Is/Arbs Practical Issues

6. Hypertension in Pregnancy

7. Interventions in Hypertension

8. Gut Microbiota, Diet and Hypertension

9. Management of Hypertension in 2015

10. Combination Therapy in Hypertension: An Asia-Pacific Consensus Viewpoint

11. Central Aortic Pressure and Pulse Wave Velocity as Prognostic Indicators in Hypertension

12. Hypertension in Rheumatic Diseases

13. Parental Antihypertensive – Which & Why?

14. Beta Blockers in Hypertension

15.  Hemodynamics of Hypertension

16. Pulse Pressure as a Cardiovascular Risk Factor and Clinical Significance of High Heart Rate in Hypertension

17. Aorta Aortitis and Hypertension

18. Hypertension in Elderly

19. Hypotension: Cause & Cure

20. Thiazide-like Diuretics: Uncovering the Well Known Unknown

21. Pharmacogenomics in The Management of Hypertension

22. Hypertension Guidelines – An Analytical Overview What is the Lesson for Us?

23. Role of ABPM in Clinical Practice

24. Antihypertensives with Reno Protection

25. Resistant Hypertension

26. Obesity-Related Hypertension

27. Hypertension and Uric Acid

28. Perioperative Management of Hypertension

29. Indian Scenario of Hypertension in Young

30. Role of Ccbs Revisited – Does Cilnidipine Hold Promise in Lowering Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension?

31. The Diagnostic Approach in Uncomplicated and Complicated Hypertension

32. Sexual Health in Hypertension

33. Hypertension: ECG in Decision Making

34. Blood Pressure Variability: Methodological Aspects, Physiology and Clinical Implications

35. Impaired Autonomic Cardiovascular Control in Hypertension

36. Hypertension and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

37. Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease

38. Interventional Trials in Hypertension: What Have We Learned and What Remains to be Learned?

39. Etiological and Pathophysiological Aspects of Hypertension: Other Humoral-Endocrine Factors

40. Secondary Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment

41. Renal Damage and Hypertension: Mechanisms of Renal End-Organ Damage

42. The Renin-Angiotension-Aldosterone System

43. Emerging Antihypertensive Drugs

44. Retinal Changes in Hypertension

45. BP Measurements and Blood Pressure Response to Acute Physical And Mental Stress

46. The Metabolic Syndrome in Hypertension

47. Hypertension: Dyslipidemia and Hyperuricemia

48. Role of Echocardiography in Optimal Management of Hypertension

49. Genetic Basis of Blood Pressure and Hypertension

50. Hypertension and Sexual Health

51. Autonomic Nervous System and Hypertension

52. Other Hormonal Factors in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension

53. Management of Hypertension in Takayasu’s Disease

54. Socioeconomic Factors and Hypertension Awareness, Treatment and Control In India

55. Standardization of BP Measurement and Importance of Ambulatory Monitoring

56. Non Pharmacological Approach to Reduce Blood Pressure