Hypertension in the elderly
By: edited by L. Michael Prisant.
Contributors: Prisant, Michael L.
Series: Clinical hypertension and vascular diseases
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 531
Subjects: Hypertension in old age.; Hypertension -- drug therapy -- Aged.; Hypertension -- etiology -- Aged.; Antihypertensive Agents -- therapeutic use -- Aged.; Clinical Trials -- Aged.
Description: A comprehensive review of all aspects of hypertension in the elderly using the most current clinical data. Topics range from basic concepts, epidemiology and trials, and evaluation and management, to pharmacologic treatment, special populations, and adherence, all presented with an emphasis on the optimal management of patients. The authors examine in detail the mechanisms of hypertension in the elderly, the lifestyle trials and outcomes trials that were conducted in older persons, as well as the problems of clinical evaluation, secondary hypertension, adherence, and target organ damage. Extensive discussions of pharmacologic therapy detail the role of all the major drug classes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of hypertension in the geriatric population / Ray W. Gifford and L. Michael Prisant; title: Age-related changes in the cardiovascular system / R. Clinton Webb and Edward W. Inscho; title: Aging, arterial stiffness, and systolic hypertension / Joseph L. Izzo; title: Pharmacological and pharmacodynamic alterations in the elderly: application to cardiovascular therapies / Domenic A. Sica; title: Epidemiology of hypertension in the older patient / William B. Kannel and Peter W. F. Wilson; title: Nonpharmacological trials in the older hypertensive patient / L. Michael Prisant and Dean U. Harrell; title: Clinical trials of hypertension in the older patient / L. Michael Prisant; title: Blood pressure measurement in the older patients with hypertension / Jose Ramiro Arias-Vera and William B. White; title: Clinical evaluation of the elderly hypertensive / L. Michael Prisant and Thomas W. Jackson; title: Hypertension in the elderly: endocrine causes of secondary hypertension / Carlos M. Isales; title: ^Diagnosis and management of hypertensive renal and renovascular disease in the elderly / Wanpen Vongpatanasin and Ronald G. Victor; title: Heart failure in the older hypertensive patient / L. Michael Prisant ... [et al.]; title: Management of ischemic heart disease in the older hypertensive patient: evaluation and management / Jan Laws Houghton; title: Cerebrovascular disease in the elderly hypertensive / Fenwick T. Nichols, III; title: Diuretics and beta-adrenergic blockers in the management of hypertension in the elderly / William C. Cushman; title: Assessment of the role ace inhibitors in the elderly / Domenic A. Sica; title: Use of angiotensin receptor blockers in the elderly / L. Michael Prisant; title: Clinical trials with calcium antagonists in older patients with hypertension / William B. White and Sumeska Thavarajah; title: Alpha-adrenoceptor blockers for management of hypertension in the elderly / James L. Pool; title: Combination drug therapy in the elderly / L. Michael Prisant and Laura Lyngby Mulloy; title: ^Attitudes regarding hypertension among older african-american adults / Wallace R. Johnson and Elijah Saunders; title: Treatment of hypertension in the elderly diabetic patient / James R. Sowers and L. Michael Prisant; title: Management of hypertension in older patients with arthritis / Sumeska Thavarajah and William B. White; title: The clinician's role in improving therapeutic adherence and blood pressure control in older hypertensive patients / Brent M. Egan and Eni C. Okonofua.