Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

1. Hypertension: A Growing Threat
Emmanuel A. Andreadis

2. Techniques for Measuring Blood Pressure in the Office Setting
Martin G. Myers, Janusz Kaczorowski

3. Home Blood Pressure Measurements
Nadia Boubouchairopoulou, George S. Stergiou

4. 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements
Geoffrey A. Head

5. Central Blood Pressure Measurement
Dimitrios A. Vrachatis, Theodore G. Papaioannou, Athanasios D. Protogerou

6. The Progression of Hypertensive Heart Disease to Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Heart Failure
Styliani A. Geronikolou, Dennis Cokkinos

7. Systemic Hemodynamics in Hypertension
Paolo Palatini

8. Structural Alterations in the Hypertensive Heart Disease Result in Intercalated Disc Remodeling and Arrhythmias
Maria Irene Kontaridis, Eleni V. Geladari, Charalampia V. Geladari

9. Prevention and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Hypertension
Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Tonje A. Aksnes, Serap E. Erdine, Athanasios J. Manolis

10. Echocardiographic Assessment of Hypertensive Patients
Ioannis Felekos, Costas Tsioufis, Petros Nihoyannopoulos

11. Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Human Hypertension
Sofia Tsiropoulou, Maria Dulak-Lis, Augusto C. Montezano, Rhian M. Touyz

12. The Role of Diet in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Mónica Domenech, Antonio Coca

13. The Role of Exercise and Physical Activity in the Prevention of Hypertensive Heart Disease
Peter Kokkinos, Puneet Narayan, Andreas Pittaras, Charles Faselis

14. Hypertension and Atherosclerosis: Pathophysiology, Mechanisms and Benefits of BP Control
Misbah Zaheer, Paola Chrysostomou, Vasilios Papademetriou

15. Selecting Optimum Antihypertensive Therapy
Vasilios Papademetriou, Michael Doumas

16. The J-Curve Phenomenon in Hypertension
Yuan-Yuan Kang, Ji-Guang Wang

17. Follow-Up of the Hypertensive Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Carmine Morisco, Bruno Trimarco, Giovanni Simone

18. Hypertension and Sudden Cardiac Death
Mohammad Shenasa

19. Approach to Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease
Chrysoula Boutari, Michael Doumas, Athanasios J. Manolis

20. Postmenopausal Hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease Risk
Panagiota Pietri, Charalambos Vlachopoulos

21. “The Economic Burden of Hypertension”
Amelie F. Constant, Eleni V. Geladari, Charalampia V. Geladari

22. Hypertension; Grey Zones, Future Perspectives
Emmanuel A. Andreadis

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology