ABSTRACT
The Manual of Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension reflects emerging concepts that have the potential to impact diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to hypertension. Updating all material, this new edition also delves into a number of areas that have received heightened interest in recent years or have become a matter of debate due to the controversial interpretation of the available data.
FEATURES
- Reflects emerging concepts impacting diagnostic and therapeutic approaches
- Explores background, history, epidemiology, and risk factors
- Describes pharmacological, nonpharmacological, and medical treatments
- Examines hypertension in special populations and treatment
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|34 pages
Background and Epidemiology
section Section II|83 pages
Etiological and Pathophysiological Aspects
section Section III|50 pages
Associated Risk Factors: Pathogenetic Role and Risk Modification
section Section IV|53 pages
Blood Pressure Measurements
section Section V|57 pages
Organ Damage-Measurement/Clinical Value
section Section VI|19 pages
Integrated Diagnostic Aspects
section Section VII|85 pages
Therapeutic Aspects
section Section VIII|114 pages
Special Conditions
section Section IX|31 pages
Secondary Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment
section Section X|95 pages
Additional Aspects
chapter 65|85 pages
2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension
The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension*
