Essential hypertension
By: John Malcolm Cruickshank
Publisher: Peoples Medical Pub. House
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Shelton, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9781607951681; 9781607952534
Subjects: Hypertension
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Essential hypertension: a brief history; title: What is high blood pressure?; title: Epidemiology of hypertension; title: Pathophysiology of essential hypertension; title: High blood pressure (and the sympathetic nervous system) as a predictor of premature death and cardiovascular events; title: Ways to lower blood pressure; title: End-organ damage in essential hypertension; title: Hard endpoint studies; title: Hypertension and the heart rate factor; title: The UK, European, and US guidelines regarding the treatment of essential hypertension.