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.

• 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.

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Hypertension: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease State-of-the-art, comprehensive coverage of hypertension from experts in the field

Contents

۱. General Population and Global Cardiovascular Risk Prediction
۲. Diet and Hypertension
۳. Exercise and Hypertension
۴. Hypertension in Women
۵. Pathophysiology of Hypertension
۶. Genetics of Hypertension
۷. Inflammation and Immunity in Hypertension
۸. The Environment and High Blood Pressure
۹. Office Blood Pressure Measurement
۱۰. Home Monitoring of Blood Pressure
۱۱. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Hypertension Management
۱۲. White Coat and Masked Hypertension
۱۳. Renovascular Hypertension and Ischemic Nephropathy
۱۴. Secondary Hypertension: Primary Hyperaldosteronism and Mineralocorticoid Excess States
۱۵. Secondary Hypertension: Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
۱۶. Sleep Disruption and Blood Pressure
۱۷. The Natural History of Untreated Hypertension
۱۸. Isolated Systolic Hypertension
۱۹. Assessment of Hypertension-Mediated Organ Damage
۲۰. Diuretics Therapy
۲۱. Calcium Channel Blockers
۲۲. Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System Blockers
۲۳. Aldosterone and Hypertension
۲۴. β-Blockers, Central Sympathetic Agents, and Direct Vasodilators
۲۵. Peripheral Alpha Blockers
۲۶. Initial Combination Therapies
۲۷. Device Therapies for Hypertension
۲۸. The Treatment of Hypertension With Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, and Lifestyle
۲۹. Approach to Difficult to Manage Primary Hypertension
۳۰. Team-Based Care for Hypertension Management
۳۱. Medication Adherence: Focus on Improvement
۳۲. Digital Health and Telemedicine for Hypertension
۳۳. Ischemic Heart Disease
۳۴. Heart Failure
۳۵. Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Including Dialysis
۳۶. Transplant Hypertension
۳۷. Obesity and Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Treatment
۳۸. Cerebrovascular Disease
۳۹. Diabetes Mellitus: : Management of Hypertension in Diabetes
۴۰. Onco-Hypertension: Anticancer Therapy-Associated Hypertension
۴۱. Autonomic Dysfunction and Orthostatic Hypotension
۴۲. Dyslipidemia
۴۳. Aorta and Peripheral Arterial Disease in Hypertension
۴۴. Hypertension in Pregnancy
۴۵. Hypertension in Older People
۴۶. Hypertension in African Americans
۴۷. Resistant Hypertension
۴۸. Hypertensive Emergencies and Urgencies
۴۹. Hypertension in Children: Diagnosis and Treatment