Description

Key Features

• A concise guide to students and practitioners regarding the definition, diagnosis, and management of high blood pressure. • Use of images, tables, and diagrams for illustrations and easier understanding of hypertension. • Different chapters for different classes of antihypertensive drugs which includes mechanism of action, pharmacological characteristics, side effects, and contraindications as well as an overall guide to drug therapy. • Special subsets for management of hypertension in various practical scenarios such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, pregnancy, perioperatively, and emergencies, among others. • A chapter on Newer Therapies for Systemic Hypertension including renal denervation therapy, carotid baroreceptor activation therapy, and arteriovenous fistula therapy among other future perspectives. • New recommendations for the detection, evaluation, and management of hypertension in adults according to the international guidelines by WHO, ESC/ESH, ACC/AHA, and Indian Guidelines on Hypertension.