Hypertension: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease

Description:

Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Hypertension: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides today’s clinicians with clear, authoritative guidance on every aspect of managing and treating patients who suffer from hypertensive disorders. An invaluable resource for cardiologists, endocrinologists, and nephrologists, this one-stop reference covers all the latest developments from basic science to clinical trials and guidelines related to the treatment of common to complex hypertension. Now fully updated from cover to cover, the 4th Edition offers unparalleled coverage of hypertension in an accessible and user-friendly manner. 

Features:

Thoroughly covers new treatment guidelines related to recent research and the latest physiologic understanding for a wide range of patients with hypertension and related co-morbidities. 

Includes new chapters on Hypertension in Women, Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists, Exercise and Hypertension, and Telemedicine/Digital Health. 

Contains new or expanded content on epidemiology, pathophysiology, immunology, clinical findings, laboratory testing, invasive and non-invasive testing, risk stratification, clinical decision-making, prognosis, and management. 

Provides new chapter summaries and a new focus on clinical and actionable content using a streamlined, narrative format. 

Covers behavior management and prevention as an integral part of hypertensive and pre-hypertensive treatment plans. 

Highlights combination drug therapies and management of chronic complications of hypertension. 

Offers expert guidance from worldwide experts in cardiology, endocrinology, and nephrology, and integrates the most recent guidelines from leading organizations around the world. 

An digital version is included with purchase. The digital allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. 

Table Of Contents:

SECTION I: EPIDEMIOLOGY

1. General Population and Global Cardiovascular Risk Prediction

2. Diet and Hypertension

3. Exercise and Hypertension

4. Hypertension in Women

SECTION II: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

5. Pathophysiology of Hypertension

6. Genetics of Hypertension

7. Inflammation and Immunity in Hypertension

SECTION III: DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION

8. The Environment and High Blood Pressure

9. Office Blood Pressure Measurement

10. Home Monitoring of Blood Pressure

11. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Hypertension Management

12. White Coat and Masked Hypertension

13. Renovascular Hypertension and ISchemic Neuropathy

14. Secondary Hypertension: Primary Hyperaldosteronism and Mineralocorticoid Excess States

15. Secondary Hypertension: Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

16. Sleep Disruption and Blood Pressure

SECTION IV: RISK STRATIFICATION

17. Natural History of Untreated Hypertension

18. Isolated Systolic Hypertension

19. Assessment of Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage

SECTION V: ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY

20. Diuretics Therapy

21. Calcium Channel Blockers

22. Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System Blockers

23. Aldosterone and Hypertension

24. ß-Blockers, Central Sympathetic Agents,
and Direct Vasodilators

25. Peripheral Adrenergic Blockers

26. Initial Combination Therapies

27. Devices Therapies for Hypertension

28. The Treatment of Hypertension With
Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements,
and Lifestyle

SECTION VI: HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT APPROACHES

29. Approach to Difficult to Manage Primary
Hypertension

30. Team-Based Care for Hypertension
Management

31. Medication Adherence: Focus
on Improvement

32. Digital Health and Telemedicine
for Hypertension

SECTION VII HYPERTENSION MANAGEMENT WITH
COMORBIDITIES

33. Ischemic Heart Disease

34. Heart Failure

35. Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease
Including Dialysis

36. Transplant Hypertension

37. Obesity and Hypertension: Pathophysiology
and Treatment

38. Cerebrovascular Disease

39. Diabetes Mellitus: Management
of Hypertension in Diabetes

40. Onco-Hypertension: Anticancer
Therapy-Associated Hypertension

41. Autonomic Dysfunction and Orthostatic
Hypotension

42. Dyslipidemia in Hypertension

43. Aorta and Peripheral Arterial Disease
in Hypertension

SECTION VIII SPECIAL POPULATIONS
44. Hypertension in Pregnancy

45. Hypertension in Older People

46. Hypertension in African Americans

47. Resistant Hypertension

48. Hypertensive Emergencies
and Urgencies

49. Hypertension in Children: Diagnosis
and Treatment

Appendix Meta-Analyses of Blood Pressure
Lowering Trials