Hypertension (Oxford Cardiology Library) 3E

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:	9780198870678
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/31/2023
Series:	Oxford Cardiology Library
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sunil Nadar, Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman,Gregory Lip, Price-Evans Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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 K. Nadar and Stephanie Harrison2. Pathophysiology of hypertension, Sheon Mary, Giacomo Rossitto, and Christian Delles3. Secondary hypertension, Gurbhej Singh and Gurpreet Wander4. Diagnosis and investigation of hypertension, Martin Wolley and Michael StowasserPart 2: Complications of hypertension5. Hypertension: a cardiovascular risk factor, Thomas Salmon, James Hatherley, and Rajiv Sankaranarayanan6. Left ventricular hypertrophy, Yuichiro Yano and Sunil K. Nadar7. Atrial fibrillation and hypertension, Mohammed Najeeb Al-Rawahi8. The brain in Hypertension, Arun R. Gujjar9. The kidneys in hypertension, Sarah Ahmad and Jordana B. Cohen10. The eye in hypertension, Peck Lin LipPart 3: Management of hypertension11. Overview of the guidelines on the management of hypertension, Gregory Y.H. Lip and Sunil K. Nadar12. Hypertension and cardiovascular risk management, James P. Sheppard and Sunil K. Nadar13. Non-pharmacological management of hypertension, Benjamin J.R. Buckley and Stephanie J. Finnie14. Diuretics in hypertension, Harsh Goel and Ashish Kumar15. Beta blockers in hypertension, Hatim Al Lawati16. Calcium channel blockers and hypertension, Stefanie Lip and Sandosh Padmanabhan17. Blockers of the Renin- Angiotensin- Aldosterone system in hypertension, Ify R. Mordi and Chim C. Lang18. Other antihypertensive agents, Shankar Patil, Muzahir Tayebjee, and Sunil K. Nadar19. Renal denervation, Vikas Kapil20. Improving medication adherence in hypertension, Hassan Al-Riyami and Dierdre A. LanePart 4: Special conditions21. Hypertension in pregnancy: Physiopathological, preventive, therapeutic and long-term considerations, Gloria Valdés22. Hypertensive emergencies, Alena Shantsila23. Treatment of the older adult, Asangaedem Akpan24. Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension, Fang-Fei Wei, Chen Liu, and Jan A. Staessen25. Hypertension in patients with diabetes mellitus, Daniel J. Cuthbertson