ABC of Hypertension

D Gareth Beevers, Professor of Medicine, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.Gregory YH Lip, Professor of Haemostasis Thrombosis and Vascular Sciences, University of Aston, Birmingham, UK.Eoin O'Brien, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College, Dublin, Ireland.

• Preface vi1 The prevalence and causes of hypertension 1Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers2 Hypertension and vascular risk 10Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers3 Pathophysiology of hypertension 20Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers4 Blood pressure measurement, 27Eoin O’BrienPart 1: Factors influencing all techniques of blood pressure measurement, 27Part 2: Conventional blood pressure measurement, 33Part 3: Ambulatory blood pressure measurement, 38Part 4: Self-blood pressure measurement, 435 Screening and management in primary care, 47Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers6 Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension, 53Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers7 Investigation in patients with hypertension, 57Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers8 Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension, 63Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers9 The pharmacological treatment of hypertension and endovascular renal sympathetic denervation, 68Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers10 Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease, 81Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers11 Special groups; diabetes mellitus, renal disease, renal artery stenosis and connective tissue diseases, 87Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers12 Ethnicity, age and hypertension, 93Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers13 Hypertension, pregnancy and the oral contraceptives, 98Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth BeeversIndex, 108

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