Hypertension: from basic research to clinical practice: Volume 2 (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Book 956)

"Hypertension: from basic research to clinical practice contains a unique collection of selected chapters written by experts and enthusiasts engaged in research and treatment of hypertension, a condition that affects around a billion people in the world. The chapters describe fundamental researches at cellular and molecular levels to the science, and art of treatment of the condition in clinical practice. The topics included ranges from pathophysiology of hypertension, through monitoring of hypertension, to the treatment of hypertension in different patient categories. It contains essential background information as well as cutting edge research, and state of the art treatment alternatives in this broad field. From the beginners, and research students to the expert clinicians, and established scientists, everybody has something to learn from this book."-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-ix Hypertension: From Basic Research to Clinical Practice....Pages 1-2 Understanding Blood Pressure Variation and Variability: Biological Importance and Clinical Significance....Pages 3-19 Novel Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Hypertension....Pages 21-35 Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Correlates of Therapeutic Pharmacological Interventions in Essential Arterial Hypertension....Pages 37-59 Impact of Salt Intake on the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hypertension....Pages 61-84 Principles of Blood Pressure Measurement – Current Techniques, Office vs Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement.....Pages 85-96 Blood Pressure Self-Measurement....Pages 97-107 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension....Pages 109-116 Treatment of Hypertension: Which Goal for Which Patient?....Pages 117-127 Adherence to Treatment in Hypertension....Pages 129-147 The Role of Beta-Blockers in the Treatment of Hypertension....Pages 149-166 Challenges in the Management of Hypertension in Older Populations....Pages 167-180 Resistant Hypertension....Pages 181-189 Renal Ultrasound (and Doppler Sonography) in Hypertension: An Update....Pages 191-208 Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis....Pages 209-213 Endocrine Hypertension: A Practical Approach....Pages 215-237 Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma....Pages 239-259 Renal Denervation....Pages 261-277 Subclinical Kidney Damage in Hypertensive Patients: A Renal Window Opened on the Cardiovascular System. Focus on Microalbuminuria....Pages 279-306 Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease....Pages 307-325 Hypertension in the Hemodialysis Patient....Pages 327-340 Unique Considerations When Managing Hypertension in the Transplant Patient....Pages 341-353 Evidence-Based Revised View of the Pathophysiology of Preeclampsia....Pages 355-374 Hypertension in Pregnancy....Pages 375-393 Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy....Pages 395-407 Superimposed Preeclampsia....Pages 409-417 Hypertension Is a Risk Factor for Several Types of Heart Disease: Review of Prospective Studies....Pages 419-426 The Relationship Between Aortic Root Size and Hypertension: An Unsolved Conundrum....Pages 427-445 Treating Hypertension to Prevent Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Re-Opening the Debate....Pages 447-473 Measurement of Arterial Stiffness: A Novel Tool of Risk Stratification in Hypertension....Pages 475-488 Primordial Prevention of Cardiometabolic Risk in Childhood....Pages 489-496 Emotional Stress as a Risk for Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africans: Are We Ignoring the Odds?....Pages 497-510 Endothelial Dysfunction and Hypertension....Pages 511-540 Cerebellar Adrenomedullinergic System. Role in Cardiovascular Regulation....Pages 541-560 Recent Advances in the Genetics of Hypertension....Pages 561-581 The Role of DNA Methylation in Hypertension....Pages 583-598 Metabolomics, Lipidomics and Pharmacometabolomics of Human Hypertension....Pages 599-613 Back Matter....Pages 615-631