Disorders of Blood Pressure Regulation

Part I. General Aspects

1. Introduction: Definition and Classification of Arterial Pressure Phenotypes
Lawrence R. Krakoff

2. Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance of Blood Pressure Indices
Stanley S. Franklin, Vanessa Bell, Gary F. Mitchell

3. Role of Circadian Rhythms and Seasonal Variation in BP Levels
Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Danilo Malandrino

4. Natural History of Treated and Untreated Hypertension
Massimo Volpe, Carmine Savoia

Part II. Mechanisms of Hypertension Development

5. The Kidneys, Volume and Blood Pressure Regulation, and Hypertension
Joey P. Granger, Frank T. Spradley

6. Nervous System
Gino Seravalle, Gianmaria Brambilla, Daniela Prata Pizzala, Guido Grassi

7. Hormonal Systems
Sébastien Foulquier, Ludovit Paulis, Elena Kaschina, Pawel Namsolleck, Thomas Unger

8. Vasoactive Peptides
Juan Carlos Yugar-Toledo, Ana Paula C. Faria, Heitor Moreno

9. Endothelial Function
Rosa Maria Bruno, Agostino Virdis, Stefano Taddei

10. Genetics of Blood Pressure and Hypertension
Sandosh Padmanabhan, Li-En Tan, Anna F. Dominiczak

Part III. Hypertension Phenotypes: Monogenic Syndromes

11. Monogenic Forms of Hypertension
Hakan R. Toka

12. Arterial Hypertension in Turner Syndrome
Katya Groote, Laurent Demulier, Julie Backer, Tine Backer

Part IV. Hypertension Phenotypes: The Heart

13. Hypertensive Heart Disease
Fabio Angeli, Gianpaolo Reboldi, Monica Trapasso, Adolfo Aita, Dario Turturiello, Paolo Verdecchia

14. Perioperative Cardiac Surgery Hypertension
Solomon Aronson

15. Hypertension: Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis
Daragh Finn, Colin J. McMahon

16. Coarctation of the Aorta
Harsimran S. Singh, Omar Kalim, Mark Osten, Lee N. Benson, Eric M. Horlick

17. Atrial Fibrillation and Hypertension: Two Entities That Usually Coexist
S. Giannitsi, M. S. Kallistratos, L. E. Poulimenos, A. J. Manolis

Part V. Hypertension Phenotypes: The Central Nervous System and the Brain

18. Sleep Disturbances/Sleep Apnea
Gianfranco Parati, Carolina Lombardi, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Jacek Wolf, Juan Eugenio Ochoa

19. Stress and Hypertension
Antoinette Marie Schoenthaler, Diana Margot Rosenthal

20. Central Nervous System Disorders: Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke (Ischemic/Hemorrhagic)
Shoichiro Sato, Craig S. Anderson

Part VI. Hypertension Phenotypes: The Kidney

21. Chronic Kidney Disease
Silvio Borrelli, Luca Nicola, Giuseppe Conte, Roberto Minutolo

22. Calculus Renal Disease
Attilio Losito

23. Uric Acid-Hypertension Relationships
Adel E. Berbari, Najla A. Daouk, Giuseppe Mancia

24. Hypertension in Dialysis Patients: Clinical Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Pantelis A. Sarafidis, Panagiotis Georgianos, Carmine Zoccali

25. Renovascular Hypertension
Alexandre Persu, Patricia Van Niepen

26. Molecular Pathways in Hypertensive Renal Damage
John D. Imig, Md. Abdul H. Khan, Ashraf El-Meanawy

27. Determinants of Hypertensive Renal Disease and Its Progression
Karen A. Griffin, Aaron J Polichnowski, Anil K. Bidani

Part VII. Hypertension Phenotypes: Endocrine Causes

28. Cushing’s Syndrome and Glucocorticoid Excess
Christian A. Koch

29. Primary Aldosteronism and Its Various Scenarios
Nieves Martell-Claros, María Abad-Cardiel, Beatriz Alvarez-Alvarez, José A. García-Donaire

30. Severe Paroxysmal Hypertension (Pseudopheochromocytoma)
Samuel J. Mann

31. Paroxysmal Hypertension: Pheochromocytoma
Graeme Eisenhofer, Jacques W. M. Lenders

32. Hypertension in Thyroid Disorders
V. Kotsis, C. Antza

33. Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Gian Paolo Rossi, Paul-Emmanuel Vanderriele

Part VIII. Special Types of Hypertension

34. Phenotypic Changes in the Transition from Prehypertension to Established Hypertension
Stevo Julius

35. White Coat and Masked Hypertension
Cesare Cuspidi, Carla Sala, Marijana Tadic, Guido Grassi

36. Isolated Systolic Hypertension: In the Young and in the Elderly
Csaba Farsang

37. Treatment of Resistant Hypertension
Gino Seravalle, Guido Grassi, Giuseppe Mancia

38. Accelerated/Malignant Hypertension
Alena Shantsila, Gregory Y. H. Lip

39. Nocturnal Hypertension
Cesare Cuspidi, Carla Sala, Marijana Tadic, Guido Grassi

40. Salt and Hypertension
Andrew Smyth, Martin O’Donnell

41. Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension
Luke J. Laffin, George L. Bakris

42. Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Hypertension
Michael E. Hall, Zhen Wang, Jussara Carmo, Daisuke Kamimura, John E. Hall

43. Secondary Hypertension: Infrequently Considered Aspects—Illicit/Recreational Substances, Herbal Remedies, and Drug-Associated Hypertension
Adel E. Berbari, Najla A. Daouk, Abdo R. Jurjus

Part IX. Hypertensive Phenotypes: Blood Pressure Disorders of Pregnancy and Pediatric Hypertension

44. Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Gianni Bellomo

45. Blood Pressure Trends in Children and Adolescents: Predictors of Blood Pressure Elevation in Children and Adolescents
Stella Stabouli

46. Hypertension in Children and Adolescents
Empar Lurbe

Part X. Management and Therapeutic Approaches

47. What Is New and What Is Different in Recent Guidelines on Antihypertensive Treatment? Looking Forward to Guidelines Reappraisal
Alberto Zanchetti

48. Place of Invasive Procedures in Blood Pressure Control
Costas Tsioufis, Alexandros Kasiakogias, Panayiotis Iliakis, Vasilios Papademetriou

49. Is Hypertension-Related Target Organ Damage Reversible/Preventable?
Enrico Agabiti Rosei, Maria Lorenza Muiesan

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Angiology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Human Physiology