Hypertension and Stroke

Part I. Blood Pressure and Hypertension as Antecedents of Stroke

1. Blood Pressure: Definition, Diagnosis, and Management
Raymond R. Townsend, Susan P. Steigerwalt

2. The Link Between Hypertension and Stroke: Summary of Observational Epidemiological Studies
Dilip K. Pandey, Noha Aljehani, Youji Soga

3. Blood Pressure Control and Primary Prevention of Stroke: Summary of Clinical Trial Data
William J. Elliott

Part II. Mechanisms of Hypertension and Hypertension-Related Stroke

4. Mechanisms Underlying Essential Hypertension: Neurogenic and Non-neurogenic Contributors
Scott H. Carlson, Sean Stocker, J. Michael Wyss

5. The Effects of Hypertension and Stroke on the Cerebral Vasculature
Anne M. Dorrance

6. Pathophysiology and Mechanisms Whereby Hypertension May Cause Stroke
Beom Joon Kim, Hee-Joon Bae, Lawrence K. S. Wong

Part III. Management of Blood Pressure for First Stroke Prevention, Immediately After Acute Stroke, and for Recurrent Stroke Prevention

7. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment, Summary of Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension and a Critical Appraisal of the 2014 Expert Panel of the National Institutes of Health Report
Luke J. Laffin, George L. Bakris

8. Acute Blood Pressure Management After Ischemic Stroke
J. Dedrick Jordan, William J. Powers

9. Hypertensive Encephalopathy, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome, and Eclampsia
Karen Orjuela, Sean D. Ruland

10. Acute Blood Pressure Management After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Venkatesh Aiyagari

11. Blood Pressure Management in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Role of Blood Pressure Manipulation in Prevention of Rebleeding and the Management of Vasospasm
Zakraus K. Mahdavi, Claudia A. Perez, Michael A. Rubin

12. Recurrent Stroke Prevention: Diuretic and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)—The PROGRESS Trial
Thomas K. A. Linden, Geoffrey A. Donnan

13. Blood Pressure Variability, Antihypertensive Therapy and Stroke Risk
Muhammad U. Farooq, Jiangyong Min, Lawrence K. S. Wong, Philip B. Gorelick

14. A Review of Antihypertensive Drugs and Choosing the Right Antihypertensive for Recurrent Stroke Prevention
Domenic A. Sica

Part IV. Mechanisms and Sequelae of Elevated Blood Pressure on Brain Function and Cognition

15. Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease: Are These Disorders Linked to Hypertension and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors?
Fernando D. Testai, Philip B. Gorelick

16. Hypertension, Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, and Cognitive Function
David L. Nyenhuis

17. Cerebral Microbleeds, Small-Vessel Disease of the Brain, Hypertension, and Cognition
Anand Viswanathan, Hugues Chabriat, Steven M. Greenberg

18. Neuroimaging of Hypertension and Related Cerebral Pathology
Alejandro Magadán

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Neurology, Primary Care Medicine