Abcs of Antihypertensive Therapy

Now in its thoroughly updated Second Edition, this handbook is an authoritative guide to rational antihypertensive therapy. The book is designed to assist clinicians in choosing among the many drugs now available and tailoring treatment to the individual patient.Leading experts present pharmacologic profiles of all current antihypertensive drugs and discuss both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment for hypertension of varying degrees of severity. This edition features a new chapter on combination therapy. Also included are guidelines for special situations -- hypertensive emergencies and urgencies, the elderly, the insulin resistance syndrome, stroke-prone patients, and patients with congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, or renal failure.Messerli, Franz H. is the author of 'Abcs of Antihypertensive Therapy' with ISBN 9781881063070 and ISBN 1881063070.