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Beskrivning
This book focuses on diverse aspects of the relationship between hypertension and brain damage, providing up-to-date information that will be of interest to both clinicians and researchers.
Antonio Coca is Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and Head of the Hypertension & Vascular Risk Unit at the Hospital Clìnic in Barcelona. He is Chair of Working Group on "Hypertension and the Brain" of the European Society of Hypertension, and Chair of the "Council on Hypertension" of the European Society of Cardiology, working group.
Innehållsförteckning
Chapter 1. Epidemiology of hypertension and brain disease.- Chapter 2. Comorbidities often associated to brain damage in hypertension: Dyslipidemia.- Chapter 3. Comorbidities often associated to brain damage in hypertension: Smoking habits and alcohol intake.- Chapter 4. Comorbidities often associated to brain damage in hypertension: CAD, CKD and SAOS.- Chapter 5. Pathophysiology of brain damage in hypertension: small vessel disease.- Chapter 6. Pathophysiology of brain damage in hypertension: large artery disease.- Chapter 7. Hypertension and ischemic stroke.- Chapter 8. Hypertension and hemorrhagic stroke.- Chapter 9. Imaging techniques for detection and diagnosis of brain damage.- Chapter 10. Primary prevention of stroke.- Chapter 11. Management of high blood pressure in acute ischemic stroke.- Chapter 12. Management of high blood pressure in acute hemorrhagic stroke.- Chapter 13. Secondary prevention of stroke.- Chapter 14. Hypertension and subjective cognitive failures.- Chapter 15. Hypertension, cognitive decline and dementia.