Resistant Hypertension

Massimo Salvetti is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy. Since 1990 Dr. Salvetti is involved in research activity in various topics: the role of the sympathetic nervous system and of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension, angina pectoris and heart failure; the pathophysiology of cardiac hypertrophy in essential hypertension; the interrelationships between cardiac and vascular changes and their regression after treatment; the noninvasive evaluation of endothelial function, arterial atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness in low and high risk subjects. He is author of more than 140 papers and he is member of different study groups, among which the “Micro and macrocirculation” group of the European Society of Cardiology.

"It is intended as a resource to be used in the clinical diagnosis and management of patients with resistant hypertension. ... This book is designed to be helpful to physicians in the everyday management of hypertensive patients, with a particular focus on difficult-to-treat and resistant hypertension. ... This is a useful tool for practicing clinicians who are involved in the management of patients with difficult-to-treat cases of hypertension." (Joseph A. Randy Englert III, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2016)

• Clinical scenario 1: Adult Patient with True Resistant Hypertension.- Clinical scenario 2: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: high BP induced by exogenous substances.- Clinical scenario 3: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: low adherence.- Clinical scenario 4: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: drug intolerance.- Clinical scenario 5: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: spurious resistant hypertension.- Clinical scenario 6: Adult Patient with Pseudo-Resistant Hypertension: comorbidities.