ABC of Hypertension

D Gareth Beevers, Professor of Medicine, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
 
Gregory YH Lip, Professor of Haemostasis Thrombosis and Vascular Sciences, University of Aston, Birmingham, UK.
 
Eoin O'Brien, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College, Dublin, Ireland.

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

Preface vi
 
1 The prevalence and causes of hypertension 1
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2 Hypertension and vascular risk 10
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3 Pathophysiology of hypertension 20
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4 Blood pressure measurement, 27
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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
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6 Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension, 53
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7 Investigation in patients with hypertension, 57
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8 Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension, 63
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9 The pharmacological treatment of hypertension and endovascular renal sympathetic denervation, 68
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10 Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease, 81
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11 Special groups; diabetes mellitus, renal disease, renal artery stenosis and connective tissue diseases, 87
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12 Ethnicity, age and hypertension, 93
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13 Hypertension, pregnancy and the oral contraceptives, 98
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Index, 108