Hypertension in Kidney Disease

1. Front Matter

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2. Hypertension in Kidney Disease

   • Jhoong Shik Cheigh, Kurt H. Stenzel, Albert L. Rubin

   Pages 1-18

3. The Kidney in Hypertension: Pathology and Pathogenesis

   • Myron Susin, Janet Mouradian, Barry Wilkes

   Pages 19-45

4. Hypertension in Renal Parenchymal Disease

   • Kwan Eun Kim

   Pages 47-76

5. Hypertension in Renovascular Disease

   • E. Darracott Vaughan Jr, Thomas G. Pickering, David B. Case, Thomas A. Sos, John H. Laragh

   Pages 77-98

6. Hypertension in Urological Disease

   • Ernest R. Sosa, E. Darracott Vaughan Jr

   Pages 99-113

7. Hypertension in Kidney Transplant Recipients

   • Jhoong Shik Cheigh

   Pages 115-146

8. Hypertension in Pregnancy

   • Phyllis A. Taufield, Franco B. Müller, John H. Laragh

   Pages 147-169

9. Medical Treatment of Renal Hypertension

   • Michael C. Ruddy, Joseph A. Barone

   Pages 171-249

10. Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty in Renovascular Hypertension

    • Thomas A. Sos

    Pages 251-277

11. Surgical Treatment of Renal and Renovascular Hypertension

    • M. Sedwitz, W. T. Stubenbord

    Pages 279-295

12. Back Matter

    Pages 297-311

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Blood pressure control is central to all bodily functions. There are many points in the multifaceted cybernetic system wherein hypertension may be produced. Hypertension is a 'young' disorder whose existence has been known for less than a century. It is not only extremely prevalent among every popula­ tion, but also deleterious to the health of mankind. The more we understand about hypertension's harmful effects, the more urgent is the need for its effective control. The kidney is the central organ that controls vascular tone and body fluid volume; these two factors are dominant in determining arterial blood pres­ sure. Hence, it is not surprising to find in hypertensive disorders that there are abnormalities in the kidneys, functional or anatomical, subtle or overt, that cause or are the consequence of hypertension. The first suggestion that the kidney could cause hypertension was made in 1836, before arterial pressure could even be measured, by Richard Bright. He observed that cardiac hypertrophy was often present in patients who died of renal disease. It was, however, Goldblatt and his colleagues in 1934 who opened the modern era of experimental and clinical research in renal hypertension. Since then, although far from complete, enthusiastic and intensive research efforts have greatly improved our understanding of the nature of renal hypertension.

• arterial pressure
• blood pressure
• hypertension
• kidney
• vascular disease

• Cornell University Medical Center Rogosin Kidney Center, The New York Hospital, New York, USA

  Jhoong S. Cheigh, Kurt H. Stenzel, Albert L. Rubin

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