Hypertension

by Sunil Nadar (Editor), Gregory Lip (Editor)

Overview

The management of hypertension varies considerably from clinician to clinician. This pocketbook is a concise and evidence-based summary of current understanding and practice, including the most up-to-date guidance from national and international bodies and their recommendations for hypertension care. Written by an international team of experts, it covers all the key aspects of hypertension from epidemiology and aetiology to investigations, management, and complications. It also covers the management of hypertension in special patient groups such as in pregnancy and the elderly. Emphasis is laid throughout the book on lowering cardiovascular risk as a part of managing hypertension. An essential tool for everyday use in managing hypertension, this book aids clinical decision-making by collating all the relevant information and guidance in one easily accessible place. This new edition has been fully updated to include expanded content on hypertension mediated organ damage and two new chapters covering the effects of hypertension on the brain and on the eyes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192643643
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	10/03/2022
Series:	Oxford Cardiology Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Sunil K Nadar is a Consultant Cardiologist at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Muscat, Oman. Prior to this he worked as a Consultant Cardiologist at the NHS in Birmingham, UK. He did his research MD on platelet activation in hypertension and completed his specialist cardiology training in the West Midlands, UK. Dr Nadar is a Co-Editor with the Journal of Human Hypertension and an Associate Editor with the Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. He is currently involved in research work investigating the effects of thalassemia on the heart, the psychological impact of admission on patients with heart disease, and community awareness of the dangers of high dietary salt intake. He is also the coordinator for the May Measurement Month programme in Oman. Gregory Y.H. Lip, is Price-Evans Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Liverpool and Director of the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart&Chest Hospital, UK. He is also Distinguished Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark, and Adjunct Professor at Seoul National University and Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. In 2014 Professor Lip was ranked by Expertscape as the world's leading expert in the understanding and treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. He was on the writing committee for various international guidelines and has acted at a senior editorial level for major international textbooks and journals. Professor Lip's current research interests range from epidemiology to pathophysiology, translational research, clinical risk assessment and trajectories of risk, patient management pathways, and applied health research.

Table of Contents

PART 1. Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis1. Epidemiology of hypertension, Sunil Nadar2. Pathophysiology of hypertension, Sunil Nadar3. Renovascular hypertension, Sunil Nadar4. Primary hyperaldosteronism, Sunil Nadar5. Lifestyle influences on blood pressure, Kulwinder Sandhu6. Diagnosis and investigations of hypertension, Sunil NadarPART 2. Complications of hypertension7. Hypertension: a cardiovascular risk factor, Rajesh Nambiar8. Target organ damage in hypertension, Sunil Nadar9. Left ventricular hypertrophy, Sunil NadarPART 3. Management and treatment of hypertension10. Atrial fibrillation and hypertension, Kulwinder Sandhu and Shamil Yusuf11. Non Pharmacological management of hypertension, Kulwinder Sandhu and Sunil Nadar12. Diuretics in hypertension, Timothy Watson and Mehmood Butt13. Beta-blockers in hypertension, Deepak Goyal and Sunil Nadar14. Calcium-channel blockers and hypertension, Ali Hammad and Sunil Nadar15. ACE inhibitors in hypertension, Sunil Nadar16. Angiotensin receptor blockers and hyper-tension, Jaspal S. Taggar and Mehmood Butt17. Other Antihypertensives, Shankar B. Patil and Muzahir H. Tayebjee18. Renal Denervation, Viji Samuel19. Antithrombotic therapy in hypertension, Sunil NadarPART 4. Special conditions20. Hypertension and cardiovascular risk management, John Kurien and Sunil Nadar21. Guidelines on the pharmacological management of hypertension, Gregory Lip and Sunil Nadar22. Hypertension in pregnancy, V. J. Karthikeyan23. Malignant hypertension, V. J. Karthikeyan24. Treatment of the elderly patient, Mohammad Khan and Pravin Jha25. Resistant hypertension, Timothy Watson and Sunil Nadar26. Hypertension in diabetic patients, Vasudevan A. Raghavan and Sunil Nadar

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Merrill H Stewart, BA, MD (Ochsner Clinic Foundation)
Description: This is a concise review of the current knowledge pertaining to all areas of hypertension from origin, pathophysiology, complications, and therapies.
Purpose: This is a manageably sized refresher and overview of all relevant areas of hypertension. The intent is to substantiate practices and standards of care with the relevant background and up-to-date scientific literature.
Audience: This would be an ideal book for any current providers or practitioners who manage patients with hypertension such as physicians, fellows, residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. The book can be appreciated from both a primary care and specialist point of view.
Features: This is a pocket-sized guide to our current understanding of hypertension. It is broken down into 26 manageable short chapters to provide the essentials as well as easy to grasp tables and charts. This book starts with epidemiology and pathophysiology and etiology, then the second half deals with management and treatment. This second edition includes a new chapter on renal denervation. Finally, it covers hypertension in special populations such as pregnant women.
Assessment: Hypertension is one of the most commonly managed and well-studied topics in modern medicine, so much so that treatment and handling become mundane and protocolized. This book serves as a good refresher for why we make the decisions we make. It also works as a refresher of the evidence supporting current guidelines and standards of care.

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