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Chronomics and Continuous Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

Vascular Chronomics: From 7-Day/24-Hour to Lifelong Monitoring

  • Applies the idea and analysis technique of chronomics to the medical treatment of hypertension

  • Includes a wealth of data and graphs collected from field studies

  • Will benefit clinicians who want to increase the efficiency of blood pressure analysis and medical treatment, as well as research scientists who are interested in chronomics

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lxxv
  2. From Chronobiology to Chronomedicine: Early Days

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 1-51
  3. From Chronomics to Chronoastrobiology: Many Rhythms Are Control Information for Whatever We Do

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 53-98
  4. Chronobioethics: What Is Life?

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 99-162
  5. Chronobiology

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 163-184
  6. Chronomics of Heart Rate Variability

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 185-214
  7. Chronomics of Life for Improving the Quality of Health

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 215-259
  8. Chronomics of Tree Rings Gauge Climate Change

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 261-269
  9. Introduction to Chronobioengineering

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 271-303
  10. Community-Based Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 313-318
  11. Chronoecological “Glocal” (Global and Local) Comprehensive Health-Watch at High Altitude

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 347-357
  12. Chronoastrobiology

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 359-403
  13. Heart Rate Variability Reflecting the Dynamics of Solar Activity

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 405-428
  14. Diagnosing Vascular Variability Disorders and Vascular Variability Syndromes

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 459-479
  15. Case Presentations I. Within-Day BP Variations Observed Using 7-Day/24-Hour Ambulatory BP Monitoring

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 499-543
  16. Case Presentations II. Vascular Variability Syndrome

    • Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg
    Pages 545-601

About this book

This fascinating volume applies the concept of chronomics to the medical treatment of hypertension. It starts with the recent updates on chronomics, the analytic techniques, and their application to community-based assessments. The authors advocate the use of 7-day/24-h records of blood pressure, which is effective for finding masked hypertension, masked morning surge, and other rhythm abnormalities. Most organisms, from cyanobacteria to mammals, are known to use the circadian mechanism. However, our body systems also demonstrate circaseptan (roughly weekly), circannual (roughly yearly), and even longer rhythms. Chronomics monitors the physiological data and then analyzes the superimposed rhythms, isolating the cycles mathematically to determine how organisms and their environment interact. It is the study of interactions among time structures (chronomes) in and around us.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chronomics & Gerontology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East, Arakawa-ku, Japan

    Kuniaki Otsuka

  • University of Minnesota Halberg Chronobiology Center, Minneapolis, USA

    Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg

About the authors

Dr. Kuniaki Otsuka obtained PhD degree in Division of Medicine, Kyusyu University Graduate School, Japan in 1981.He started his carrier as an assistant Professor at Kyusyu University in 1973.He moved to Tokyo woman’s medical School as a lecturer in 1987 and promoted to full Professor in 1998. He started his research on Chronobiology in 1987, supervised by Dr. Halberg at Minnesota University. He is one of the top researcher in this field, as he received Halberg Prize at 3rd International Workshop on Circadian Rhythms&Clinical Chrono therapy in 2002 and he organized 2nd World Congress of Chronobiology as an president in 2007.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chronomics and Continuous Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

  • Book Subtitle: Vascular Chronomics: From 7-Day/24-Hour to Lifelong Monitoring

  • Authors: Kuniaki Otsuka, Germaine Cornelissen, Franz Halberg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54631-3

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54630-6Published: 18 March 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56634-2Published: 25 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54631-3Published: 05 March 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: LXXV, 870

  • Number of Illustrations: 369 b/w illustrations, 275 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Human Physiology, Medicine/Public Health, general

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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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