Preface vi
 
1 The prevalence and causes of hypertension 1
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2 Hypertension and vascular risk 10
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3 Pathophysiology of hypertension 20
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4 Blood pressure measurement, 27
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Part 1: Factors influencing all techniques of blood pressure measurement, 27
 
Part 2: Conventional blood pressure measurement, 33
 
Part 3: Ambulatory blood pressure measurement, 38
 
Part 4: Self-blood pressure measurement, 43
 
5 Screening and management in primary care, 47
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6 Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension, 53
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7 Investigation in patients with hypertension, 57
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8 Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension, 63
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9 The pharmacological treatment of hypertension and endovascular renal sympathetic denervation, 68
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10 Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease, 81
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11 Special groups; diabetes mellitus, renal disease, renal artery stenosis and connective tissue diseases, 87
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12 Ethnicity, age and hypertension, 93
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13 Hypertension, pregnancy and the oral contraceptives, 98
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Index, 108