Resistant Hypertension

1.
Resistant Hypertension: Definition, Prevalence, and Cardiovascular Risk
Renata Cífková

Part I. Pathophysiology

2. Resistant Hypertension: Neurohumoral Aspects
Gian Paolo Rossi

3. Metabolic Alterations
Christian Delles, Anna F. Dominiczak

4. Cardiac and Vascular Alterations in Resistant Hypertension
Enrico Agabiti Rosei, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Damiano Rizzoni

5. The Pathophysiology of the Kidney in Resistant Hypertension
Hermann Haller

Part II. Diagnostic Aspects

6. False Versus True Resistant Hypertension

Gianfranco Parati, Juan E. Ochoa, Grzegorz Bilo

7. Causes of Resistant Hypertension
Roland E. Schmieder

8. 24-hour Ambulatory BP Monitoring and Home BP Measurements in Resistant Hypertension
Josep Redon, Fernando Martinez

9. Factors Predicting Blood Pressure Response to Treatment
Csaba Farsang

10. Treatment of Resistant Hypertension. Which Additional Antihypertensive Drugs?
Michel Burnier, Antoinette Pechère Bertschi, Gregoire Wuerzner

11. The Role of Renal Denervation
Felix Mahfoud, Michael Böhm

12. The Role of Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation
Guido Grassi, Gianmaria Brambilla, Gino Seravalle

13. Pathophysiology: Metabolic Alterations and Risk Factors
Peter M. Nilsson, Jan Cederholm

14.
Follow-up of Patients with Resistant Hypertension
Manolis S. Kallistratos, Antonios N. Pavlidis, Athanasios J. Manolis

15. Resistant Hypertension: Cost-Benefit Considerations
Miguel Camafort, Heitor Moreno, Antonio Coca

16.
Involvement of Health Professionals: From the General Practitioner to the Hypertension Specialist and the Hypertension Center
Massimo Volpe, Giuliano Tocci

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Medicine/Public Health, general, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Primary Care Medicine