Chapter 9The pharmacological treatment of hypertension and endovascular renal sympathetic denervation OVERVIEW Antihypertensive drug therapy causes a 40% reduction in strokes and a 20% reduction in coronary events. They also…
Chapter 3Pathophysiology of hypertension OVERVIEW The height of the blood pressure in maintained by the interplay between the cardiac output and the total peripheral vascular resistance. Cardiac output is usually…
Chapter 4Blood pressure measurement Part I: Factors influencing all techniques of blood pressure measurement OVERVIEW Hypertension can only be diagnosed by measurement and the device used to measure blood pressure…
Chapter 2Hypertension and vascular risk OVERVIEW Malignant or accelerated hypertension is a rare form of very severe hypertension usually associated with bilateral retinal haemorrhages, cotton wool spots and hard exudates…
Chapter 12Ethnicity, age and hypertension OVERVIEW In both developed and developing countries, hypertension is common in people of African origin than in those of South Asian or European origin. African…
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…
