The ABCs of antihypertensive therapy
By: edited by Franz H. Messerli.
Contributors: Messerli, Franz H.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Author's Pub. House; Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Hypertension -- Treatment.; Hypotensive agents.; Antihypertensive Agents; Hypertension -- complications; Hypertension -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Antihypertensive therapy : past, present, and future; title: Evolution of hypertension and hemodynamics; title: Evolution of hemodynamic and neuroendocrine changes in the course of hypertension; title: Target organs in hypertension : the vascular tree; title: The heart; title: The kidney; title: The brain; title: Diuretics; title: Beta-blockers; title: Alpha1-blockers; title: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; title: Calcium channel blockers; title: Rational antihypertensive therapy : overview; title: Nonpharmacologic blood pressure reduction; title: Treatment of borderline and mild essential hypertension; title: Sustained or established hypertension; title: Hypertension and target organ disease; title: The elderly; title: The patient with congestive heart failure; title: The patient with coronary heart disease; title: The patient with syndrome X : is it linked through the Y chromosome?; title: The stroke-prone patient; title: The patient with renal failure.