Prehypertension and Cardiometabolic Syndrome

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 High-Normal Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents  (Mieczysław Litwin, Janusz Feber, Zbigniew Kułaga)....Pages 3-16
 History of Prehypertension: Past and Present, a Saga of Misunderstanding and Neglect  (Reuven Zimlichman, Stevo Julius, Giuseppe Mancia)....Pages 17-26
 Parental History of Hypertension as the Determinant of Cardiovascular Function  (Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Danuta Czarnecka)....Pages 27-36
 Prehypertension, the Risk of Hypertension and Events  (Michael Doumas, Niki Katsiki, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis)....Pages 37-55
 Prehypertension and the Cardiometabolic Syndrome  (Talma Rosenthal)....Pages 57-66
 Prehypertension: Definition and Epidemiology  (Sadi Gulec, Cetin Erol)....Pages 67-77
 Prehypertension, Statistics and Health Burden  (Andrzej Januszewicz, Aleksander Prejbisz)....Pages 79-98
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 Arterial Stiffness in Early Phases of Prehypertension  (Stéphane Laurent, Pedro Guimarães Cunha)....Pages 101-126
 Central Blood Pressure and Prehypertension  (Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Dimitrios Tousoulis)....Pages 127-136
 Diurnal and Pulsatile Hemodynamics in Individuals with Prehypertension  (Thomas Weber, Siegfried Wassertheurer, Bernhard Hametner, Brigitte Kupka, Kai Mortensen)....Pages 137-147
 Early Changes in Renal Vasculature in Prehypertension  (Hermann Haller, Anna Bertram, Klaus Stahl, Jan Menne)....Pages 149-157
 Heart and Prehypertension  (Cesare Cuspidi, Marijana Tadic, Guido Grassi)....Pages 159-170
 Hemodynamics of Prehypertension  (Peter W. de Leeuw, Barry van Varik, Daan J. L. van Twist, Abraham A. Kroon)....Pages 171-182
 Microvascular Structural Alterations and Tissue Perfusion in Hypertension/Diabetes  (Damiano Rizzoni, Carolina De Ciuceis, Enzo Porteri, Enrico Agabiti-Rosei, Claudia Agabiti-Rosei)....Pages 183-196
 Obesity-Hypertension Physiopathology and Treatment: A Forty-Year Retrospect  (Jonathan Owen, Stephen Morse, Angela McLean, Efrain Reisin)....Pages 197-229
 Pre-chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)? Is It Time for a New Staging?  (Alexander H. Kirsch, Alexander R. Rosenkranz)....Pages 231-240
 Prehypertension and Vascular-Renal Impairment  (Celine Dreyfuss-Tubiana, Michel E. Safar, Jacques Blacher)....Pages 241-249
 Subclinical Vascular Damage in Prehypertension  (Enrico Agabiti-Rosei, Anna Paini, Massimo Salvetti)....Pages 251-256
 Systolic Hypertension in Youth  (James D. H. Goodman, Ian B. Wilkinson, Carmel M. McEniery)....Pages 257-270
 The Role of Perivascular Fat in Raising Blood Pressure in Obesity and Diabetes  (Reza Aghamohammadzadeh, Anthony M. Heagerty)....Pages 271-288
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 Endothelial Dysfunction in Early Phases of Hypertension  (Stefano Taddei, Rosa Maria Bruno, Stefano Masi)....Pages 291-306
 Prehypertension and the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System  (Elena Kaschina, Thomas Unger)....Pages 307-318
 Tachycardia in Prehypertension  (Paolo Palatini)....Pages 319-339
 The Role of the Brain in Prehypertension  (Stevo Julius)....Pages 341-348
 The Role of the Brain in Neurogenic Prehypertension  (Gino Seravalle, Dagmara Hering, Guido Grassi, Krzysztof Narkiewicz)....Pages 349-360
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 Blood Pressure and Atherosclerosis: Subclinical Arteriosclerosis as an Early Sign of Organ Damage  (Raimund Erbel, Nils Lehmann, Andreas Stang, Sofia Churzidse, Susanne Moebus, Karl-Heinz Jöckel)....Pages 363-381
 Blood Pressure Measurement, White-Coat and Masked Hypertension  (G. Seravalle, G. Grassi, Giuseppe Mancia)....Pages 383-394
 Blood Pressure Variability  (Gianfranco Parati, Juan Eugenio Ochoa)....Pages 395-417
 Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Prehypertension and Hypertension  (Angeliki Ntineri, Anastasios Kollias, George S. Stergiou)....Pages 419-435
 Morning Surge of Blood Pressure in Prehypertension and Hypertension  (Uday M. Jadhav, Onkar C. Swami)....Pages 437-449
 Physical Activity and Exercise Training as Important Modifiers of Vascular Health  (Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss)....Pages 451-469
 Role of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Prehypertension  (Giacomo Pucci, Gianpaolo Reboldi, Fabio Angeli, Dario Turturiello, Paolo Verdecchia)....Pages 471-491
 Sympathoadrenal Reactivity to Stress as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk Factors  (Arnljot Flaa, Morten Rostrup, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Ivar Eide)....Pages 493-525
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 Early Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Prehypertension  (Ana Jelaković, Živka Dika, Vesna Herceg-Čavrak, Mario Laganović, Dragan Lović, Bojan Jelaković)....Pages 529-549
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 Neurogenic Mechanisms in Prehypertension and Pharmacologic Approaches to the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension: Highlights of Professor Stevo Julius’ Scientific Contributions  (Brent M. Egan)....Pages 553-569
 The PREVER Study  (Sandra Costa Fuchs, Flávio Danni Fuchs)....Pages 571-582
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 Antihypertensive Drugs and Vascular Health  (Alan C. Cameron, Giacomo Rossitto, Ninian N. Lang, Rhian M. Touyz)....Pages 585-605
 Management of Prehypertension and Hypertension in Women of Childbearing Age  (Agnieszka Olszanecka, Danuta Czarnecka)....Pages 607-627
 Non-pharmacologic Approaches for the Management of Prehypertension  (Reuven Zimlichman)....Pages 629-642
 Prehypertension: A Case in Favor of Early Use of Diuretics  (Flávio Danni Fuchs, Sandra Costa Fuchs)....Pages 643-656
 Prehypertension in the Era of Personalized Medicine in 2017  (Pavel Hamet, Mounsif Haloui, Johanne Tremblay)....Pages 657-675
 Treatment of High-Normal Blood Pressure in the Guidelines  (Jana Brguljan, Giuseppe Ambrosio)....Pages 677-689