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Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. It can lead to severe complications and increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and death. Blood pressure is the force exerted by the blood against the walls of the blood vessels. This book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of high blood pressure. Divided into three sections, the text begins with an overview of the condition, current guidelines on its management, potential organ damage, and nonpharmacological treatments. The next section covers the management of hypertension with associated disorders such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, kidney disease, and more. A complete chapter discusses ‘white coat’ hypertension. The final section discusses management approaches when initial treatment fails, and hypertensive emergencies. Each chapter is presented as a case scenario, describing background, previous control attempts, challenges and treatments. Authored by experts from the University of South Carolina, the text is further enhanced by clinical images, figures and tables.
Dedication
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
General Concepts
Current Guidelines of Hypertension Management
Hypertensive Target Organ Damage: Mechanism and Recognition
Initial and Subsequent Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertension
Nonpharmacological Approaches to Blood Pressure Management
Hypertension: Ethnic and Racial Considerations
Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure: A Contributor to Treatment-Refractory Resistant Hypertension
Redesigning a Primary Care Clinic to Optimize Hypertension Control
Evidence-based Medicine and Management of Hypertension
Hypertension in Special Populations
Hypertension in the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease
Hypertension and Stroke
Hypertension in the Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease
Renal Artery Stenosis
Management of Hypertension in the Patient with Diabetes
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hypertension
White-Coat Hypertension
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes of Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders
Hypertension in Children and Adolescents
When Other Measures Fail
When Treatment Fails: Case-based Discussion of Resistant Hypertension
Evaluation of Secondary Etiologies
Management of Hypertensive Urgency and Emergencies
Index