Assessment of hypertensive organ damage
By: editors, L. Hansson, W.H. Birkenhäger.
Contributors: Birkenhäger, W. H.; Hansson, Lennart, 1940-
Series: Handbook of hypertension -- v. 18
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Hypertension -- Complications.; Hypertension.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The vascular tree; title: Relative importance of blood pressure components on cardiovascular integrity : systolic, diastolic, mean or pulse pressure; title: Ambulatory blood pressure as a guide for predicting the occurrence of hypertensive organ involvement; title: Assessment of arterial damage in clinical hypertension : basic concepts and clinical implications; title: Wall properties of elastic and muscular arteries in established and borderline hypertension. Assessment and interpretation; title: (Pre)capillary patterns in hypertension; title: Quantification of retinal vascular changes in hypertension -modification by antihypertensive treatment; title: 2. The heart; title: Arterial hypertension and left venticular hypertrophy; title: Regulation of coronary flow and its relation to myocardial ischemia; title: Heart failure : mechanisms and assessment; title: Reversibility of left ventricular hypertrophy and malfunction by antihypertensive treatment; title: 3. The brain; title: Physiological control of the cerebral circulation; title: Mechanisms involved in the genesis of cerebral vascular damage in hypertension; title: Important issues in stroke today; title: Blood pressure and dementia; title: 4. The kidneys; title: Clinical significance of microalbuminuria; title: Renal hemodynamics and glomerular filtration in hypertension; effects of treatment; title: 5. General aspects; title: Classification and definitions of 'hard' cardiovascular end points in hypertension trials; title: Intermediate cardiovascular end points in therapeutic trials.