HYPERTENSION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

1. Hypertension; A Growing Threat
2. Blood Measuring Techniques
3. Key Vascular Signaling In Hypertension
4. The Progression Of Hypertensive Heart Disease To Left Ventricular Hypertrophy And Heart Failure
5. Cardiac Output In Hypertension
6. Structural Alterations In The Hypertensive Heart Disease Result In Maladaptive Gap Junction Remodeling That Promotes Development Of Fatal Arrhythmias
7. Hypertension And Atrial Fibrillation
8. Echocardiographic Findings In Hypertension
9. Cardiovascular Biomarkers In Hypertension
10. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment And The Role Of Lifestyle Modification In The Prevention Of Hypertensive Heart Disease
11. The Role Of Exercise And Physical Activity In The Prevention Of Hypertensive Heart Disease
12. Hypertension And Atherosclerosis
13. Selecting Optimum Antihypertensive Therapy
14. The J-Curve Phenomenon In Hypertension
15. Follow-Up Of Hypertensive Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
16. Hypertension As A Cause Of Sudden Cardiac Death
17. Approach To Erectile Dysfunction In Patients With Hypertension And Coronary Artery Disease
18. Postmenopausal Hypertension And Coronary Artery Disease Risk
19. The Economic Burden Of Hypertensive Heart Disease
20. Hypertension; Grey Zones, Future Perspectives.

This book provides comprehensive analysis into individualized patient care, and applying evidence-based medicine while integrating basic medical knowledge with applied medicine. The Editor and the contributors not only discuss important issues on hypertension management and its deleterious consequences if it is not well-controlled, but also highlight the important signaling pathways involved in the pathogenesis of hypertensive heart disease and cardiac hypertrophy.

Features
• Focuses on the clinical consequences that uncontrolled high blood levels have on the cardiovascular system and the progression of hypertensive heart disease
• Examines the mechanisms of hypertension, as well as the signal transduction pathways involved in this process
• Integrates basic medical science knowledge and its clinical application
• Illustrates the key signaling pathways involved in the pathogenesis of disease in colored figures for better understanding

Author
Head of the Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic, 4th
Department of Internal Medicine Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece (European Society of Hypertension Excellence Center)
General Secretary of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Hypertension 2012-2014
Board member of Writing Committee of the Society’s of Hypertension Guidelines 2008
Member of the European Society of Hypertension and the Hellenic Society of Hypertension
The Editor’s Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention Clinic has been recognized by the European Society of Hypertension as a Hypertension Center of Excellence; it provides an outstanding, high-quality and cutting-edge clinical care. The therapeutic approach is unique because it deals with the global cardiovascular risk (treatment of diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, obesity, ischemic heart disease, etc.).
In addition, it provides 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and offers devices for accurate home blood pressure monitoring when needed. Furthermore, it is renowned center of education providing students, residents, and practicing physicians with state of the art training about hypertension and its management.