Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics

Herausgegeben:White, William B.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition is devoted to a broad array of topics involving the circadian variation in cardiovascular diseases, with focuses on hypertension, stroke, and coronary disease. The volume covers clinical and device research related to home and ambulatory BP monitoring, as there have been significant advances in technology since the publication of the previous edition. In addition, there is an increased focus on the applicability of home and ambulatory BP monitoring in drug development in all therapeutic arenas. The text features contributions from chapter authors from around the world and who have great expertise in cardiovascular medicine, therapeutics, clinical trials, and evidence-based medicine.

Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics, Third Edition is essential reading for a large audience, including those practicing cardiology and nephrology with a special focus in hypertension, geriatrics and internal medicine, clinical trialists, regulators in the US, Europe, and Japan, and physicians in training in cardiology, hypertension, pharmacology, nephrology and neurology.

Produktdetails

• Clinical Hypertension and Vascular Diseases
• Verlag: Humana / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-22770-2
• 3. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 805g
• ISBN-13: 9783319227702
• ISBN-10: 331922770X
• Artikelnr.: 43231950

Autorenporträt

William B White, MD, FASH, FAHA, FACP Professor and Chief, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Calhoun Cardiology Center, Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Farmington, CT, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Monitoring Blood Pressure in the Office.- Home (Self) Monitoring of the Blood Pressure.- Activity Monitoring and Effects of the Environment on Blood Pressure.- Ambulatory Monitoring of Blood Pressure: An Overview of Devices, Analyses, and Utility.- Validation and Reliability Testing of Blood Pressure Monitors.- Circadian and Cyclic Environmental Determinants of Blood Pressure Patterning and Implications for Therapeutic Interventions.- Blood Pressure Variability as Elusive Harbinger of Adverse Health Outcomes.- Physiologic Control of the Circadian Variability in Blood Pressure.- Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring.- Ambulatory blood pressure and stroke.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Older Persons.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children and Adolescents.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Special Populations: During Pregnancy.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Special Populations: Masked Hypertension.- White coat Hypertension.- Gender and Circadian Rhythms in Cardiovascular Function.- Home (self) monitoring of Blood Pressure in Clinical Trials.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Trials of Drugs and Devices.- Out-of-Office Monitoring in Clinical Practice.