Overview
Provides informative reviews on all aspects of erectile dysfunction in patients with hypertension and cardiovascular disease
Presents comprehensive algorithms that will be invaluable for practicing physicians
Describes tips and tricks of importance in patient management
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Margus Viigimaa is Head of the Centre of Preventive Cardiology, North Estonia Medical Centre and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tallinn University of Technology. His main research fields are hypertension, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular prevention. He has done postdoctoral research Kyoto University (Japan, 1990-1991). M. Viigimaa has published more than 230 original scientific papers. He is member of the editorial board of the journal Blood Pressure. Prof. Viigimaa is President of the Estonian Society of Cardiology, Past President of the Baltic Atherosclerosis Society, Vice president of the Estonian Society of Hypertension, Honorary member of the Swedish Society of Hypertension, Hungarian Society of Hypertension and the Bulgarian Hypertension League. He is also Director of Estonian WHO CINDI Programme, Chairman of the Estonian CVD Prevention Programme and Member of the Board of the Estonian Heart Strategy.
Charalambos Vlachopoulos is Associate Professor of Cardiology at the 1st Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, with clinical interests in hypertension, interventional cardiology and sexual health. He is currently President of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group "Peripheral Circulation” and Vice-President of the Artery Society. His researches address arterial function and structure with special interests on the predictive role of arterial stiffness and central pressures for cardiovascular events, the relation between arterial function and sexual dysfunction and the effect of lifestyle and inflammation on arterial function. His research interests extend to pathophysiology of hypertension, novel vascular coronary stents and the identification vulnerable plaque. Professor Vlachopoulos has published more than 160 peer-review articles and has been cited in over 6000 referenced publications in international peer-reviewed journals and medical textbooks of leading international publishers.
Michael Doumas has been Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the George Washington University (Washington DC) and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, since 2008. His research interests focus on resistant and secondary hypertension, sexual dysfunction and issues related to coagulation problems. He is author of more than 100 studies published in peer-reviewed journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Erectile Dysfunction in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
Book Subtitle: A Guide for Clinicians
Editors: Margus Viigimaa, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Michael Doumas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08272-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-08271-4Published: 03 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-08272-1Published: 17 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 249
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cardiology, Urology, Nephrology