Contributors

Abbreviations

PART 1

EPIDEMIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, AND DIAGNOSIS

1

Epidemiology of Hypertension   Sunit Nadar

2

Pathophysiology of Hypertension   Sunil Nadar

3

Renovascular Hypertension   Sunil Nadar

4

Primary Hyperaldosteronism   Sunil Nadar

5

Lifestyle Influences on Blood Pressure   Sunil Nadar

6

Diagnosis and Investigations of Hypertension   Sunil Nadar

PART 2

COMPLICATIONS OF HYPERTENSION

7

Hypertension: a Cardiovascular Risk Factor   Rajesh Nambiar

8

Target Organ Damage in Hypertension   Sunil Nadar

9

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy   Sunil Nadar

PART 3

MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION

10

Non-Pharmacological Management of Hypertension   Sunil Nadar

11

Diuretics in Hypertension   Ayush Khurana and Timothy Watson

12

Beta-Blockers in Hypertension   Deepak Goyal

13

Calcium-Channel Blockers and Hypertension   Ali Hammad

14

ACE Inhibitors in Hypertension   Sunil Nadar

15

Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Hypertension   Jaspal S. Taggar

16

Other Antihypertensive Agents   Girish Dwivedi and Shridhar Dwivedi

17

Antithrombotic Therapy in Hypertension   Sunil Nadar

18

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk Management   John Kurien

19

Guidelines on the Pharmacological Management of Hypertension   Gregory Lip and Sunil Nadar

PART 4

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

20

Hypertension in Pregnancy   VJ Karthikeyan

21

Malignant Hypertension   VJ Karthikeyan

22

Treatment of the Elderly Patient   Pravin Jha and Sandip Dutta

23

Resistant Hypertension   Timothy Watson

24

Hypertension in Diabetic Patients   Vasudevan A. Raghavan

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