Hypertension: Evaluation and Treatment
Description
Written by a single author with four decades of clinical experience, this text discusses the underlying pathophysiology of hypertensive diseases with emphasis on the most common form, essential hypertension. It covers efficient patient evaluation, treatment algorithms, target organ involvement, hypertensive emergencies and co-morbid conditions. The evaluation of the patient with hypertension is presented with justification for the use and analysis of each of the laboratory investigations. A treatment algorithm is discussed with its rationale for the patient with relatively uncomplicated hyp...
ISBN(s)
0683303430, 9780683303438
