Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

This book provides comprehensive analysis into individualized patient care, and applying evidencebased medicine while integrating basic medical knowledge with applied medicine. The Editor and the contributors not only discuss important issues on hypertension management and its deleterious consequences if it is not wellcontrolled, but also highlight the important signaling pathways involved in the pathogenesis of hypertensive heart disease and cardiac hypertrophy.

Focuses on the clinical consequences that uncontrolled high blood levels have on the cardiovascular system and the progression of hypertensive heart disease Examines the mechanisms of hypertension, as well as the signal transduction pathways involved in this process Integrates basic medical science knowledge and its clinical application Illustrates the key signaling pathways involved in the pathogenesis of disease in colored figures for better understanding

Autorentext

Head of the Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic, 4th

Department of Internal Medicine Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece (European Society of Hypertension Excellence Center)

General Secretary of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Hypertension 20122014

Board member of Writing Committee of the Society's of Hypertension Guidelines 2008

Member of the European Society of Hypertension and the Hellenic Society of Hypertension

The Editor's Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic has been recognized by the European Society of Hypertension as a Hypertension Center of Excellence; it provides an outstanding, highquality and cuttingedge clinical care. The therapeutic approach is unique because it deals with the global cardiovascular risk (treatment of diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, obesity, ischemic heart disease, etc.).

In addition, it provides 24hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and offers devices for accurate home blood pressure monitoring when needed. Furthermore, it is renowned center of education providing students, residents, and practicing physicians with state of the art training about hypertension and its management.

Klappentext
This book reviews the recent advances in understanding the pathophysiology and the fundamental diagnostic, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of arterial hypertension. It collates and updates the knowledge in this area and focuses on how to approach a patient with hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
There is an overall emphasis on the deleterious consequences that hypertension has on the cardiovascular system, since hypertension often coexists with heart disease, arrhythmia and dyslipidemia, further increasing total cardiovascular risk. Each chapter adopts a concise approach to its topic and can therefore also be read as a standalone article.
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease is a valuable text for scientists engaged in this complex field. It further serves to inspire young physicians, and emphasizes the need for scientific rigor to be applied to patient care as well as research.

Inhalt
Hypertension; A Growing Threat.- Blood Measuring Techniques.- Key Vascular Signaling In Hypertension.- The Progression Of Hypertensive Heart Disease To Left Ventricular Hypertrophy And Heart Failure.- Cardiac Output In Hypertension.- Structural Alterations In The Hypertensive Heart Disease Result In Maladaptive Gap Junction Remodeling That Promotes Development Of Fatal Arrhythmias.- Hypertension And Atrial Fibrillation.- Echocardiographic Findings In Hypertension.- Cardiovascular Biomarkers In Hypertension.- Cardiovascular Risk Assessment And The Role Of Lifestyle Modification In The Prevention Of Hypertensive Heart Disease.- The Role Of Exercise And Physical Activity In The Prevention Of Hypertensive Heart Disease.- Hypertension And Atherosclerosis.- Selecting Optimum Antihypertensive Therapy.- The JCurve Phenomenon In Hypertension.- FollowUp Of Hypertensive Patients With Cardiovascular Disease.- Hypertension As A Cause Of Sudden Cardiac Death.- Approach To Erectile Dysfunction In Patients With Hypertension And Coronary Artery Disease.- Postmenopausal Hypertension And Coronary Artery Disease Risk.- The Economic Burden Of Hypertensive Heart Disease.- Hypertension; Grey Zones, Future Perspectives.