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Hypertension
Hypertension is very common in older adults and causes significant morbidity and mortality. Treatment is very effective at reducing stroke, cardiac...
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Pediatric Hypertension
For the past 17 years, Pediatric Hypertensionhas served as the definitive reference text on hypertension in children and adolescents. Each edition...
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Hypertension and Brain Damage
​The second edition of this book explores different aspects of the relationship between hypertension and brain damage, providing readers with...
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Hypertension
Hypertension, particularly systolic hypertension, is very prevalent in ageing societies. According to randomized controlled trials, treatment of...
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Pediatric Hypertension
For the past 17 years, Pediatric Hypertensionhas served as the definitive reference text on hypertension in children and adolescents. Each edition...
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Adrenoceptors and Hypertension
Hypertension is a very prevalent condition associated with high mortality and morbidity, secondary to changes resulting in blood vessels and...
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Hypertension in Dialysis
Hypertension in dialysis patients is defined as median intradialytic blood pressure >140/90 mmHg. Extracellular volume expansion and sodium retention...
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Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
Pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a hemodynamic condition characterized by an increased mean pulmonary arterial pressure more than 20 mmHg...
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Hypertension
Hypertension is very common in older adults and causes significant morbidity and mortality. Treatment is very effective at reducing stroke, cardiac...
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Hypertension
This chapter introduces by way of case review, anecdotal evidence and evidence-based experience, the need for closer cooperation between orthopedics...
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Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension is characterized by an increase in pulmonary arterial pressure. Idiopathic including hereditary pulmonary arterial...
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Intracranial Hypertension
Intracranial hypertension (ICH) occurs when there is an increase in intracranial pressure (ICP) and is a common pathway for all acute neurological...
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Hypertension and Heart Failure Epidemiology, Mechanisms and Treatment
The second edition of this well-received book will offer both new insights into the intimate mechanisms of transition from hypertension to heart...
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Hypertension
This chapter will address hypertension and the issues that the occupational therapy practitioner can address in primary care. The chapter will...
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Endocrine Hypertension
Hypertension may be caused by abnormal synthesis of, or response to, various hormones. The proportion of pediatric hypertension cases resulting from...
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Pulmonary Hypertension
The diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH) can be very challenging given the nonspecific nature of its initial symptoms. Although there are many...
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Pulmonary Hypertension
The progressive and devastating disorder of pulmonary hypertension is associated with vascular remodelling and vascular rarefaction. This escalates...
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Sexual Health and Hypertension
Sexual health and several reproductive disorders have been associated with hypertension and cardiovascular risk. Erectile dysfunction has been...
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Associations of combined genetic and lifestyle risks with hypertension and home hypertension
No study, to our knowledge, has constructed a polygenic risk score based on clinical blood pressure and investigated the association of genetic and...
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Pulmonary Hypertension and Echocardiographic Findings
In this chapter, the topic of Pulmonary Hypertension is discussed. Theβ reader will know the causes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, the Pulmonary...