Hypertension : pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management / edited by John H. Laragh and Barry M. Brenner

Includes bibliographical references.

V. 1. Background and historical aspects -- Epidemiological dimensions of hypertension -- Diet and hypertension -- Circulatory and target organ pathophysiology of hypertensive disease -- Blood pressure regulation in normal and hypertensive states -- Arterior physiology and pathophysiology -- Neural and other humoral factors in the control of arterial pressure -- Metabolic and local humoral factors in hypertension -- Calcium and magnesium in blood pressure regulation -- Molecular-genetic factors in hypertension. Kidneys and renin-angiotensin aldosterone axis: role in sodium-volume homeostasis and arterial tone in pathogenesis of hypertension -- V. 2. Clinical and laboratory evaluation of hypertensive disorders -- Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of specific forms of hypertension -- Secondary forms of hypertension -- Renal disorders -- Adrenal disorders -- Other endocrine disorders: diabetes and obesity -- Hypertension in special situations -- Evaluation of the hypertensive patient -- Treatment of the hypertensive patient -- Nonpharmacologic therapies. Drug therapy -- Future horizons in therapy

The second edition of a comprehensive text on the multidisciplinary disease process of hypertension. The two volumes cover every facet of the disease and its complications, as well as current and future treatment modalities.