Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure....Pages 3-27
Evaluation of Journals, Diaries, and Indexes of Worksite and Environmental Stress....Pages 29-44
Electronic Activity Recording in Cardiovascular Disease....Pages 45-56
Ambulatory Monitoring of Blood Pressure....Pages 57-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Circadian Rhythm and Environmental Determinants of Blood Pressure Regulation in Normal and Hypertensive Conditions....Pages 79-138
Circadian Variation of the Blood Pressure in the Population at Large....Pages 139-158
Importance of Heart Rate in Determining Cardiovascular Risk....Pages 159-170
Sodium, Potassium, the Sympathetic Nervous System, and the Renin—Angiotensin System....Pages 171-189
Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring....Pages 191-218
Circadian Rhythm of Myocardial Infarction and Sudden Cardiac Death....Pages 219-241
Seasonal, Weekly, and Circadian Variability of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke....Pages 243-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Cardiovascular Chronobiology and Chronopharmacology....Pages 255-271
Advances in Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring for the Evaluation of Antihypertensive Therapy in Research and Practice....Pages 273-298
Back Matter....Pages 299-309