Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease in Asia, 1st ed. 2022 Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection Series
Not only physicians, but also all related medical professionals and libraries will benefit from this book, to which renowned international experts contributed.
1 Hypertension, a powerful risk factor for excess mortality and premature morbidity in Asia.-2 Summary of Recent Guidelines for hypertension.-3 Mechanisms of Hypertension.- 4 Blood pressure levels and cardiovascular disease.- 5 What is new in the non-pharmacological approaches to hypertension control.- 6 Clinical Pharmacology of anti-hypertensive drugs.- 7 Newer angiotensin receptor blockers.- 8 Newer calcium channel blockers.- 9 Blood Pressure measurements in clinical practice ---- methods and application.- 10 True resistant hypertension: Recognition and treatment.-11 Cerebrovascular disease in Asia; causative factors.- 12 Hypertension as a mechanism for dementia.- 13 Blood pressure and Heart Rate Variability. What is the significance.- 14 Blood Pressure levels and chronic kidney disease: A Powerful link.- 15 Hypertension, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.- 16 Central aortic blood pressure, a possible marker of systemic hypertension.-17 Secondary causes of hypertension: An overview.- 18 Iatrogenic causes of blood pressure elevation.-19 Renovascular Hypertension --- diagnosis and treatment options.- 20 Mechanical interventional therapies for hypertension: Present status and future prospects.- 21 Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.- 22 Hypertension in the elderly --- Pathophysiology and clinical significance.- 23 Hypertension in children.- 24 Hypertensive crises --- diagnostic and therapeutic considerations.
Venkata S. Ram is rated as one of the top most hypertension experts in the world. He currently is director of Blood Pressure Clinics and Institute For Blood Pressure Management at Apollo Hospitals, and Apollo Medical College, Hyderabad, India. He also is Professor of Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas. After his graduation at the Osmania medical college in Hyderabad, he underwent additional post graduate training at Brown University, Providence, USA, and at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. During his extensive career as a clinician, educator, and researcher in hypertension, he served on the faculty of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA for over 30 years, as the director of hypertension clinics at Parkland, and St.Paul University Hospitals, Dallas, USA.
He was actively involved in the most important international societies and is now on the executive committee of the World Hypertension League. He has authored 360 papers and 4 books. Dr Teo graduated from National University of Ireland (University College, Cork). He underwent internal medicine residency training in Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and nephrology fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor of the School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He is also Senior Consultant and Head of the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore. Dr Teo is the Research Director, and Associate Program Director of the Peritoneal Dialysis Program. He is the President of the Singapore Hypertension Society and Secretary of the Singapore Society of Nephrology. Gurpreet S. Wander graduated from PGIMER, Chandigarh, where he also had his post‐graduate education in cardiology. He currently is Head of the departmentFirst book offering an Asian perspective on hypertension and cardiovascular diseases
Provides much-needed information not only to asian physicians but to a global audience
Highlights the alarming increase of these pathologies in the continent
Date de parution : 04-2023
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Date de parution : 04-2022
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