Dorobantu M., Mancia G., Grassi G., Voicu V. (eds.) Hypertension and Heart Failure: Epidemiology, Mechanisms and Treatment

Springer, 2019. — 408 p. — (Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection) — ISBN: 978-3-319-93319-1This book explains how hypertension affects 20-50% of the adult population in developed countries. Heart failure is the result of the hypertension's effects on the heart and it represents a growing public health problem. In this context the international scientific community is continuously struggling to develop better strategies in screening, diagnosing and treating hypertension and its deleterious effects. Thus, this field is continuously changing, with new important information being added constantly.This volume will offer both insights into the intimate mechanisms of transition from hypertension to heart failure and clinical practice advice on the prevention and treatment of heart failure in hypertensive population. The mechanisms which explain the progression from hypertension to heart failure will be also covered exhaustively by offering two chapters referring to the diagnosis of heart failure in hypertensive population and one regarding echocardiography which is the most frequently used imaging method in clinical practice. The reader will be also provided with information on cardiovascular magnetic resonance which has the unique advantage of differentiating hypertensive heart failure from other pathologies associated with increased myocardial thickness.This book is a useful tool for clinicians but also to the research community interested in heart failure and consequences of hypertension on heart who want to be up-to-date with the new developments in the field.Epidemiological Aspects
Epidemiological Aspects (Prevalence and Risk of Heart Failure Related to Blood Pressure)
Mechanisms of Heart Failure in Arterial Hypertension
Genetics of Hypertension and Heart Failure
Blood Pressure Variability and Blood Pressure Load
Hemodynamic Mechanisms
Neural Mechanisms
Natriuretic Peptides
Renal Mechanisms and Heart Failure
Heart Failure and Metabolic Factors
Role of Central Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffening
Pathophysiology of Hypertensive Heart Disease
Diagnosis of Heart Failure in Hypertensive Patients
Role of Echocardiography
The Additive Value of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Hypertensive Heart Disease
Biomarkers
Complications of Hypertensive Heart Disease
Atrial Fibrillation and Other Arrhythmias in Hypertensive Heart Disease
Arterial Hypertension and Flash Pulmonary Edema
The Role of Drug Therapy in Lowering Mortality and Morbidity: From Established Heart Failure to High-Risk Hypertension
Prevention of Heart Failure in Hypertension
Non-pharmacological Treatment
Blood Pressure-Lowering Treatment and the Prevention of Heart Failure: Differences and Similarities of Antihypertensive Drug Classes
Regression Under Treatment of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Other Structural Alterations
Treatment of Heart Failure in Hypertensive Patients
New Drugs for the Hypertensive Failing Heart
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Current Management and Future Strategies
Treatment of Acute Heart Failure in Hypertensive Crisis
Invasive Approaches
Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation
Renal Nerve Ablation
Hypertension, Heart Failure and Guidelines
Prevention and Treatment of Heart Failure in Hypertension Guidelines