E-Book Overview
This book is not intended as a full detailed report on hypertension and related disorders, but instead focuses on particular issues in hypertension. It looks at emerging recently described forms of hypertension that are frequently encountered in clinical practice (prehypertension, white-coat and masked hypertension, hypertension in the elderly) and discusses novel aspects of target organ disease (for example, cognitive impairment, dementia, and sexual dysfunction), and changing concepts in the management of hypertension and antihypertensive pharmacotherapy. It also looks at specific topics that are rarely discussed in books, including hypertension control in postmenopausal women on hormonal replacement therapy, Ramadan fasting, painful inflammatory disorders, and aldosterone escape. Finally, it examines newer cardiovascular risk factors (for example, uric acid, circadian blood pressure changes, blood pressure variability).
E-Book Content
Special Issues in Hypertension Adel E. Berbari Giuseppe Mancia • Editors Special Issues in Hypertension 123 Editors Adel E. Berbari Internal Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center Beirut Lebanon ISBN 978-88-470-2600-1 DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-2601-8 Giuseppe Mancia Centro Interuniversitario di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione Fondazione Ipertensione e Prevenzione Cardiovascolare Università Milano-Bicocca Milan Italy ISBN 978-88-470-2601-8 (eBook) Springer Milan Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012951396 Ó Springer-Verlag Italia 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface Hypertension, i.e. the single major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide, has been addressed by a large number of books and monographs which have dealt with this topic in all its multifold epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. The aim of this book, however, is not to add another systematic review to those already available. It is rather to provide a cutting edge