Overview
- Reviews evidence and guidelines concerning management of hypertension in the context of stroke
- Discusses relevant comorbidities
- Provides detailed information on pathophysiology
- Discusses the results of trials on stroke prevention in hypertensive patients
Part of the book series: Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection (UHCP)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Brain damage in hypertension
- Cognitive decline in hypertension
- Dementia in hypertension
- Diet and brain damage
- Dyslipidemia
- Epidemiology of hypertension-induced brain disease
- Hypertension-induced cognitive decline
- Large artery disease and brain damage
- Small artery disease and brain damage
- Ischaemic Stroke and hypertension
- Haemorrhagic stroke and hypertension
- Antihypertensive treatment and Dementia
- ntihypertensive treatment and stroke
About this book
This book focuses on diverse aspects of the relationship between hypertension and brain damage, providing up-to-date information that will be of interest to both clinicians and researchers. After an introductory chapter on epidemiology, the significance of various comorbidities that represent risk factors for brain damage in the context of hypertension is discussed. Detailed consideration is then given to the effects of hypertension on small and large cerebral arteries and the consequences for brain damage. Similarly, the association between hypertension and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke is fully explored, and the evidence and guidelines regarding reduction of high blood pressure during the acute phase of each form of stroke are summarized. Both the primary and the secondary prevention of stroke are addressed, with presentation of the results of key trials. Readers will also find interesting new perspectives on the roles of different imaging techniques, including CT and functionalMRI, in detecting and diagnosing brain damage in patients with hypertension. The closing chapters review the relation of hypertension to subjective and objective cognitive failures and to cognitive decline and dementia.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Antonio Coca is Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and Head of the Hypertension & Vascular Risk Unit at the Hospital Clìnic in Barcelona. He is Chair of Working Group on "Hypertension and the Brain" of the European Society of Hypertension, and Chair of the "Council on Hypertension" of the European Society of Cardiology, working group.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hypertension and Brain Damage
Editors: Antonio Coca
Series Title: Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32074-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32072-4Published: 14 June 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81189-5Published: 31 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32074-8Published: 06 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-4606
Series E-ISSN: 2366-4614
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 211
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cardiology, Angiology, Neurology, Cardiac Surgery, Neurosurgery