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Hypertension: from basic research to clinical practice

Volume 2

  • Contains crucial information essential for clinicians dealing with all types of hypertension
  • Clarifies major advances in our understanding of hypertension
  • Brings readers the latest recommendations based on evidence and proven experience
  • Discusses directions for the future of research on hypertension

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 956)

Part of the book sub series: Advances in Internal Medicine (AIM)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Novel Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Hypertension

    • Rohan Samson, Andrew Lee, Sean Lawless, Robert Hsu, Gary Sander
    Pages 21-35
  3. Blood Pressure Self-Measurement

    • Stefan Wagner
    Pages 97-107
  4. Adherence to Treatment in Hypertension

    • Carlos Menéndez Villalva, Xosé Luís López Alvarez-Muiño, Trinidad Gamarra Mondelo, Alfonso Alonso Fachado, Joaquín Cubiella Fernández
    Pages 129-147
  5. Resistant Hypertension

    • Debbie Valsan, Umber Burhan, Geoffrey Teehan
    Pages 181-189
  6. Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis

    • Robert Schoepe, Stephen McQuillan, Debbie Valsan, Geoffrey Teehan
    Pages 209-213
  7. Endocrine Hypertension: A Practical Approach

    • Joseph M. Pappachan, Harit N. Buch
    Pages 215-237
  8. Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

    • P.T. Kavinga Gunawardane, Ashley Grossman
    Pages 239-259
  9. Renal Denervation

    • Mohammed Awais Hameed, Indranil Dasgupta
    Pages 261-277
  10. Subclinical Kidney Damage in Hypertensive Patients: A Renal Window Opened on the Cardiovascular System. Focus on Microalbuminuria

    • Giuseppe Mulè, Antonella Castiglia, Claudia Cusumano, Emilia Scaduto, Giulio Geraci, Dario Altieri et al.
    Pages 279-306

About this book

Hypertension: from basic research to clinical practice” contains a unique collection of selected chapters written by experts and enthusiasts engaged in research and treatment of hypertension, a condition that affects around a billion people in the world. The chapters describe fundamental researches at cellular and molecular levels to the science, and art of treatment of the condition in clinical practice. The topics included ranges from pathophysiology of hypertension, through monitoring of hypertension, to the treatment of hypertension in different patient categories. It contains essential background information as well as cutting edge research, and state of the art treatment alternatives in this broad field. From the beginners, and research students to the expert clinicians, and established scientists, everybody has something to learn from this book. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Clinical Science and Education Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Md. Shahidul Islam

  • Department of Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

    Md. Shahidul Islam

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hypertension: from basic research to clinical practice

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 2

  • Editors: Md. Shahidul Islam

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44251-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44250-1Published: 15 May 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83021-6Published: 28 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44251-8Published: 09 May 2017

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 631

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Pathology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Nephrology, Urology, Maternal and Child Health

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eBook USD 189.00
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Softcover Book USD 249.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 249.99
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