Hypertension : your questions answered

This book, written in the popular Q and A format of the Your Questions Answered series will provide sufficient information for a primary care doctor to be able to understand and treat patients who have hypertension.

Preface	p. vii
How to use this book	p. ix
1 What is hypertension?	p. 1
2 Aetiology of primary hypertension	p. 19
3 Clinical assessment in hypertension	p. 29
4 Guidelines	p. 45
5 Risk assessment	p. 49
6 Lifestyle intervention	p. 55
7 Drug treatment for primary hypertension	p. 67
8 Targets, multiple risk intervention and compliance	p. 95
9 Secondary hypertension	p. 107
10 Type 2 diabetes and hypertension	p. 139
11 Hypertension in the elderly	p. 147
12 Hypertension in women	p. 157
13 Other issues	p. 169
Appendix Useful addresses and web sites	p. 177
References	p. 187
Further reading	p. 195
Index of patient questions	p. 197
Index	p. 199

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