comprehensive hypertension
By Gregory Y. H. Lip and John E. Hall
Language: English
Publish Year : 2007
Here is today’s most in-depth reference for any cardiologist, internist, or nephrologist interested in hypertension. Drawing from international experience in cardiology, physiology, and nephrology, Drs. Lip and Hall have assembled a group of section editors and contributors second to none. You’ll find the long-term effects of primary and secondary hypertension and a lengthy section on hypertensions for special populations featured prominently. Prevention and treatment of hypertension are covered in detail, from lifestyle and diet issues to drug choice and delivery, and the section on comparison of guidelines is unique to this book.
Why do we need another textbook of hypertension?
Can a single textbook capture the explosion of knowledge
in hypertension research and related areas such as
vascular biology, genetics, physiology, molecular biology,
nephrology, and cardiology? These are reasonable
questions, especially when one considers the large number
of hypertension textbooks and journals that are already
available. Obviously, no single textbook or journal can
adequately cover all of these advances. However, there
have been few attempts to integrate the basic, clinic, and
population science of hypertension research and treatment
in a single textbook that can be used by scientists
and practicing clinicians. Our goal for Comprehensive
Hypertension was therefore to assemble the collective
knowledge of leading hypertension experts into a
comprehensive but readable synopsis of the field.
Comprehensive Hypertension is divided into four
major sections: I. Epidemiology; II. Pathophysiology;
III. Clinical Approaches; IV. Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic
Interventions and Treatment Guidelines.
Extensive color has been used throughout the book not
just for the purpose of making the book attractive, but
primarily to better illustrate key points in the figures.
Each section is also color coded for quick reference.The
section editors and contributors are internationally
recognized experts who were selected to provide a
comprehensive, but not encyclopedic, perspective of the
science of hypertension and its everyday application to
treatment of the patient.
The book is intended to be a useful reference for
clinicians who provide care for hypertensive patients,
for basic and clinical scientists who study the physiology
of blood pressure regulation and the pathophysiology of
hypertension, and for population scientists concerned
with hypertension and related disorders. The book will
also be a useful reference for other health care
professionals.
In many ways, the field of hypertension research is a
great success story.There is a wealth of new information
on epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical trials.
There are also many drugs available that can be used to
effectively treat hypertension. However, over one billion
people worldwide have higher than optimal blood pressure
warranting some form of treatment. Hypertension
continues to be the number one attributable risk factor
for death throughout the world although lowering of
blood pressure has been clearly shown to reduce stroke,
myocardial infarction, heart failure, and kidney disease.
Unfortunately, high blood pressure is often not treated
as aggressively as many other conditions that have far
less impact on human health. Only a small fraction
(usually less than 30 percent) of hypertensive patients
are adequately treated, even in countries where major
professional and public education efforts have been
made to convey the importance of effective treatment.
This means that there is still much work to do, not only
in understanding the etiology and pathophysiology of
hypertension but also in communicating and implementing
what we already know to more effective
treatment of patients.
We hope that you find our attempts to synthesize this
information in a readable but comprehensive textbook is
useful, and we invite you to provide feedback on our
efforts.
We sincerely thank our section editors and
contributing authors who have worked hard to make our
job as senior editors much easier.We are also grateful to
our colleagues at Elsevier, Natasha Andjelkovic (Executive
Publisher),Ann Ruzycka Anderson (Senior Developmental
Editor), and Bryan Hayward (Production Manager), for
facilitating the transition from concept to reality through
their editorial and production excellence.
Gregory Y. H. Lip, Birmingham, UK
John E. Hall, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
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