Chapter 10Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease OVERVIEW Antihypertensive drug therapy reduces new-onset stroke by about 40%. Immediately following a stroke, there is no convincing evidence that blood pressure lowering…
Chapter 6Clinical assessment of patientswith hypertension OVERVIEW Most people with hypertension are symptomless and only become ill when they develop a heart attack or stroke. Once hypertension has been diagnosed,…
Chapter 8Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension OVERVIEW There is a close relationship between hypertension and being overweight or obese, and weight reduction lowers blood pressure at a rate of about 1 mm…
Chapter 14Secondary Prevention and Antiplatelet Therapy in Peripheral Arterial Disease Richard Donnelly Division of Medical Sciences & GEM, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK Overview Symptomatic PAD (peripheral arterial…
Chapter 7Chronic Lower Limb Ischaemia Harjeet Rayt and Robert S.M. Davies Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK Overview Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) presents in many different…
Chapter 12Vasculitis Matthew D. Morgan1, Stuart W. Smith1 and Janson C.H. Leung2 1School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical & Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK 2Department of Renal…
Chapter 10Lower Limb Ulceration Huw O.B. Davies and J. Mark Scriven Heart of England NHS FT, Birmingham, UK Overview Lower limb ulceration affects around 3% of the elderly population. Has…
Chapter 2Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Disease Timothy J. England1, Nishath Altaf2 and Shane MacSweeney2 1Division of Medical Sciences & GEM, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK 2Department of Vascular…
Chapter 1Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis and Methods of Arterial and Venous Assessment Mario De Nunzio1 and Timothy J. England2 1Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Derby Hospital, UK 2Division of Medical…
Chapter 8Venous Thromboembolic Disease Harjeet Rayt and Akhtar Nasim Department of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK Overview Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common problem in hospitalised patients….
