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Record Nr.

UNISA996339119303316

Autore

Frohlich E.D

Titolo

Hypertension [[electronic resource] ] : An Atlas of Investigation and Management

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd, 2008

ISBN

1-281-96448-4

9786611964481

1-84692-524-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VenturaH.O

Disciplina

616.132

Soggetti

Antihypertensive Agents -- therapeutic use -- Atlases

Hypertension -- Atlases

Hypertension -- etiology -- Atlases

Hypertension -- physiopathology -- Atlases

Hypertension -- therapy -- Atlases

Hypertension

Vascular Diseases

Cardiovascular Diseases

Diseases

Medicine

Health & Biological Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and a brief apologia; Abbreviations; Dedication; Introduction; Chapter 1: Pathophysiology: disease mechanisms; Chapter 2: Evaluation of the patient; Chapter 3: Clinical pharmacology of antihypertensive agents; Chapter 4: Uncomplicated essential hypertension; Chapter 5: The heart in hypertension; Chapter 6: The kidney in hypertension; Chapter 7: Renal arterial disease; Chapter 8: Concluding comments; Epilogue; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first volume of a new series of titles, each of which provides readers with a concise and carefully-structured pictorial reference to the clinical manifestations of disease and the means by which the



diagnosis may be confirmed. In this volume the author begins by reviewing the basics of blood pressure measurement, clinical examination and assessment of risk factors, before moving on to review in turn the mechanisms that underlie the several different forms of hypertension, and the investigations which are appropriate to making a correct diagnosis in each case. The numerous clinical