Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Clinical Practice: Clinical Relevance of Circadian Rhythm and Nocturnal Dip
Blood pressure (BP) variability and terms like dipper and nondipper are now common in daily practice. Several mechanisms underlie abnormalities in circadian variability. Sympathetic overactivity, reduced sensibility of baroreceptors, volume overload, and
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Adel E. Berbari Giuseppe Mancia •
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Special Issues in Hypertension
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Editors Adel E. Berbari Internal Medicine American University of Beirut Medical Center Beirut Lebanon
ISBN 978-88-470-2600-1 DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-2601-8
Giuseppe Mancia Centro Interuniversitario di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione Fondazione Ipertensione e Prevenzione Cardiovascolare Università Milano-Bicocca Milan Italy
ISBN 978-88-470-2601-8
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Preface
Hypertension, i.e. the single major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide, has been addressed by a large number of books and monographs which have dealt with this topic in all its multifold epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects. The aim of this book, however, is not to add another systematic review to those already available. It is rather to provide a cutting edge on key basic and clinical issues on high blood pressure and its related cardiovascular disorders, which are of greater current interest and sometimes controversial interpretation, either because of conflicting data or because hypotheses, rather than da
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