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CONTENTS
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: HYPERTENSION AT A GLANCE: CURRENT AND FUTURE LANDSCAPE
- Introduction and definition
- Epidemiology
- Aetiology of hypertension
- Pathophysiology of essential hypertension
- Need for early diagnosis and treatment
- Approach to diagnosis
- Need for new treatment approaches
- New insights into molecular genesis of pulmonary hypertension
CHAPTER 2: TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION
- Current treatment paradigm – medical management of hypertension
- Disease comorbidities in patients with hypertension
- Current guidelines
CHAPTER 3: THE CHANGING TREATMENT PARADIGM IN HYPERTENSION
- Control of vascular inflammation in hypertension and atherogenesis
- Optimal management of patient with diabetic hypertension
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- Change in paradigm of pulmonary hypertension treatment
CHAPTER 4: PATIENT-CENTRED MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSION
- Unmet patient needs in hypertension
- Expectations from hypertension treatment
- Towards personalised medicine in hypertension management
- Individualised care pathway for hypertension
- Optimising treatment outcomes
- Importance of a multidisciplinary team approach in cardiac care
CHAPTER 5: CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF TREATMENT FOR HYPERTENSION
- New drugs for hypertension
- Newer therapies for resistant hypertension
- Combination therapies for the treatment of hypertension
- Drug combinations in hypertension
EXPERT SUMMARY
REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1 ABBREVIATIONS
APPENDIX 2 WEB RESOURCES
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