Hypertension Medicine

Michael Weber, MD, and a panel of distinguished authorities provide a comprehensive practical survey focusing on the key issues that determine the who, when, and how of hypertension management. Emphasis is given to the practical issues of management: how to select treatments that optimize results for even the most difficult-to-treat hypertensive patient, and what to do about the major concomitant problems. Examined in detail are the principal underlying mechanisms of hypertension, particularly those that help explain treatment choices, as well as the best techniques for successfully evaluating patients before treatment. Authoritative and eminently readable, Hypertension Medicine constitutes a highly practical account of the challenging issues faced daily by family physicians, internists, and general practitioners in the evaluation and optimal management of hypertension.

Philip A. Atkin, BPHARM, PhD: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Henry R. Black, MD: Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL Jon D. Blumenfeld, MD: Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Associate Attending in Medicine, Division of Hypertension and The Cardiovascular Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY David A. Calhoun, MD: Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Hal L. Chadow, MD: Assistant Director, Division of Cardiology, The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY Vincent DeQuattro, MD: Professor of Medicine and Director, Hypertension Diagnostic Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Jayant Dey, MD: Section on Hypertensive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA Zhanbin Feng, MD: Section on Hypertensive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA John M. Flack, MD, MPH: Associate Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Clinical Applications Program, and Professor of Medicine and Community Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI Stanley S. Franklin, MD: Clinical Professor of Medicine, Heart Disease Prevention Program, University of California, Irvine, CA Haralambos Gavras, MD: Hypertension and Atherosclerosis Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Irene Gavras, MD: Hypertension and Atherosclerosis Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Thomas D. Giles, MD: Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA Carlene M. Grim, BSN, MSN, SpDN: President, Shared Care Research and Education, Torrance, CA Clarence E. Grim, BS, MS, MD: Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Ehud Grossman, MD: Internal Medicine D, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel W. Dallas Hall, MD, MACP: Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Mark Houston, MD, FACP: Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Director, Hypertension Institute, Saint Thomas Medical Group, St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, TN Joseph L. Izzo, Jr., MD: Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Toxicology, and Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Stevo Julius, MD: Division of Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI Lena Kilander, MD, PhD: Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/Geriatrics, Uppsala, Sweden Lawrence R. Krakoff, MD: Chief of Medicine, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ and Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Ellis R. Levin, MD: Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine, and Chief, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, CA George A. Mansoor, MD: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT G. E. McVeigh, MD, PhD: Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland Franz H. Messerli, MD: Section on Hypertensive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA Joel M. Neutel, MD: Orange County Heart Institute and Research Center, Orange, CA Suzanne Oparil, MD: Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Robert A. Phillips, MD, PhD, FACC: Hypertension Section, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY Thomas G. Pickering, MD: Cardiovascular Center, Department of Medicine, The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY Jerome G. Porush, MD: Director of Nephrology, Nephrology Division, The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY L. Michael Prisant, MD, FACC, FACP: Professor of Medicine, Hypertension Unit, Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA C. Venkata S. Ram, MD: Texas Blood Pressure Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX Ira W. Reiser, MD: Nephrology Division, The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Domenic A. Sica, MD: Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Chairman, Clinical Pharmacology and Hypertension, and Director, University Ambulatory Research, Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA David H. G. Smith, MD: Orange County Heart Institute and Research Center, Orange, CA Dilek K. Sowers, MD, FACEP: Bon Secours Emergency Department, Bon Secours Hospital, Grosse Pointe, MI James R. Sowers, MD: Professor of Medicine and Physiology, and Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY Kurt M. R. Sowers, MD: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY Samuel Spitalewitz, MD: Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Gordon S. Stokes, MD, FRACP: Hypertension Unit, Department of Cardiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Joel A. Strom, MD: Director, Division of Cardiology, The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, NY Tudor Vagaonescu, MD, PhD: Hypertension Section, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY Donald G. Vidt, MD: Senior Physician, Department of Nephrology/Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH and Professor of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Michael A. Weber, MD: State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York Myron H. Weinberger, MD: Director, Hypertension Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Matthew R. Weir, MD: Division of Nephrology and Clinical Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD William B. White, MD: Chief, Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT Li Lan Yoon, MD: Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland