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Hypertension and Brain Damage
Title
Hypertension and Brain Damage [electronic resource] / edited by Antonio Coca.
ISBN
9783319320748
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Physical Description
XII, 211 p. 47 illus., 18 illus. in color : online resource.
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Summary
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. After an introductory chapter on epidemiology, the significance of various comorbidities that represent risk factors for brain damage in the context of hypertension is discussed. Detailed consideration is then given to the effects of hypertension on small and large cerebral arteries and the consequences for brain damage. Similarly, the association between hypertension and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke is fully explored, and the evidence and guidelines regarding reduction of high blood pressure during the acute phase of each form of stroke are summarized. Both the primary and the secondary prevention of stroke are addressed, with presentation of the results of key trials. Readers will also find interesting new perspectives on the roles of different imaging techniques, including CT and functional MRI, in detecting and diagnosing brain damage in patients with hypertension. The closing chapters review the relation of hypertension to subjective and objective cognitive failures and to cognitive decline and dementia.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 26, 2016
Series
Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection,
Contents
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.
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