Hypertension in Children and Adolescents : New Perspectives
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Empar Lurbe, Elke Wühl, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2019.
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This book is devoted to hypertension in children and adolescents, a clinical issue that – thanks to the strides made in several areas of pathophysiological and clinical research – has received growing interest in cardiovascular medicine over the last several years. Given the increasing prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents, this book represents an important and useful tool to address what has become a significant public health issue. It covers a diverse range of topics, from ad…
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- Other Authors
- Lurbe, Empar
- Wühl, Elke
- Other Authors
- European Society of Hypertension
- Responsibility
- Empar Lurbe, Elke Wühl, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2019
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 277 p.) : 15 illus., 11 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030181673
- 9783030181666 (Print ed.)
- 9783030181680 (Print ed.)
- 9783030181697 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2366-4606
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Adolescent
- Child
- Hypertension
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Pediatrics
- Abstract
- This book is devoted to hypertension in children and adolescents, a clinical issue that – thanks to the strides made in several areas of pathophysiological and clinical research – has received growing interest in cardiovascular medicine over the last several years. Given the increasing prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents, this book represents an important and useful tool to address what has become a significant public health issue. It covers a diverse range of topics, from advances in the definition of hypertension and the identification of new risk factors, to current treatment strategies. The book also presents an overview of the latest findings, including the clinical significance of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) in youth, the importance of out-of-office and central blood pressure measurement, new methods for assessing vascular phenotypes, and clustering of CV risk factors. Gathering contributions by international experts and pursuing a practice-oriented approach, the book offers a valuable tool for cardiologists, pediatricians and nephrologists, as well as general practitioners.
- Contents
- 1. From Pregnancy to Childhood and Adulthood: The Trajectory of Hypertension -- 2. The Contributions of Perinatal Programming to Blood Pressure Levels in Childhood and Beyond -- 3. Worldwide Prevalence of Childhood Hypertension -- 4. Office and Out of Office Blood Pressure Measurements -- 5. Large Vessels in Hypertension: Central Blood Pressure -- 6. Isolated Systolic Hypertension in the Young -- 7. Primary Hypertension -- 8. Causes of Secondary Hypertension in Children and Adolescents -- 9. Monogenic Hypertension -- 10. Neonatal Hypertension -- 11. The Heart in Childhood Hypertension -- 12. The Kidney in Hypertension -- 13. Non-pharmacological Treatment of Hypertension -- 14. Physical Exercise in the Treatment of Obesity and Hypertension: New Approach to Individualize Treatment -- 15. Treatment of Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease -- 16. Long Term Follow-Up -- 17. Evidences from Clinical Trials and Use of Antihypertensive Drugs in Children and Adolescents.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
