Arterial Hypertension: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Therapy

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
An Overview of Current Concepts Regarding the Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Hypertension....Pages 1-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
The Risk of Hypertension: Genesis and Detection....Pages 43-50
Behavioral Patterns as They Relate to Hypertension....Pages 51-61
Hypertension and Obesity....Pages 62-77
Hypertension and Arteriosclerosis....Pages 78-92
Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 93-99
Role of the Central Nervous System in the Control of Arterial Blood Pressure and in the Pathogenesis of Arterial Hypertension....Pages 100-109
Endocrine Aspects of Hypertension....Pages 110-130
Pheochromocytoma....Pages 131-148
Hematologic Aspects of Arterial Hypertension....Pages 149-154
Hypertension and Hyperthyroidism....Pages 155-159
Influence of Calcium Balance and Rarer Ions in Hypertension....Pages 160-169
Kallikrein-Kinin and Prostaglandin Systems in Hypertension....Pages 170-186
Hypertension and Oral Contraceptives....Pages 187-191
Renal Hypertension....Pages 192-199
Renovascular Hypertension....Pages 200-216
Urologic Aspects of Renal Hypertension....Pages 217-243
Central Hemodynamics and Cardiac Function in Hypertension....Pages 244-280
Essential Hypertension....Pages 281-297
Hypertension in Pregnancy....Pages 298-302
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Hypertension in Childhood with Special Reference to Cardiovascular and Renal Causes....Pages 303-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Measurement of Blood Pressure....Pages 333-337
Arterial Blood Pressure—the Variable Parameter....Pages 338-346
Significance of Fundus Diagnosis in Arterial Hypertension....Pages 347-353
Basic Investigation of the Hypertensive Patient....Pages 354-360
Laboratory Diagnosis in Hypertension....Pages 361-382
Radiologic Methods of Diagnosis in Arterial Hypertension....Pages 383-411
Radionuclide Methods in the Diagnosis of Arterial Hypertensive Disease....Pages 412-427
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
The Early Treatment of Mild Hypertension....Pages 431-437
Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly: A Therapeutic Problem....Pages 438-443
Drug Interactions in Antihypertensive Drug Therapy....Pages 444-445
Clinical Pharmacology of Antihypertensive Drug Therapy....Pages 446-463
Therapeutic Aspects of Hypertension....Pages 464-494
Resistant Hypertension....Pages 495-503
Hypertension in the Dialytic Population....Pages 504-511
Back Matter....Pages 512-529