Kaplan Norman M., Victor Ronald G. (eds.) Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension

10th edition. — Wolters Kluwer, 2010. — 476 p. — ISBN: 978-1605475035For students and practitioners, Kaplan (internal medicine, U. of Texas Southwestern Medical School) and Victor (Hypertension Center, The Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) offer a clinical textbook on the treatment and prevention of all forms of hypertension. They focus on common problems and primary hypertension and cover aspects such as hypertension, pregnancy, and the pill; renal parenchymal hypertension; and hypertension induced by cortisol or deoxycorticosterone. This edition incorporates the latest basic science findings and clinical trial data and includes evidence-based recommendations. It adds a chapter written by a pediatrician on hypertension in children and adolescents; new developments in the pathogenesis of hypertension; discussions of the significance of nighttime blood pressure; new information on the relationship of sleep apnea to blood pressure and the latest antihypertensive drugs, including combination drugs; and updates on diagnosing primary aldosteronism.Hypertension in the Population at Large
Measurement of Blood Pressure
Primary Hypertension: Pathogenesis
Primary Hypertension: Natural History and Evaluation
Treatment of Hypertension: Why, When, How Far
Treatment of Hypertension: Lifestyle Modifications
Treatment of Hypertension: Drug Therapy
Hypertensive Crises
Renal Parenchymal Hypertension
Renovascular Hypertension
Primary Aldosteronism
Pheochromocytoma (with a Preface about Incidental Adrenal Masses)
Hypertension Induced by Cortisol or Deoxycorticosterone
Other Forms of Identifiable Hypertension
Hypertension with Pregnancy and the Pill
Hypertension in Childhood and Adolescence