State-of-the-art Treatment of Hypertension

Good management of blood pressure reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, thereby improving prognosis. Yet only every fourth hypertensive is treated for their condition, and only half of them adequately, i.e., reaching the target blood pressure. The focus of this book is on antihypertensive therapy in therapeutically significant comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, nephropathy, coronary heart disease, heart failure and stroke, all under the slogan: What is evidence-based? Designed as a workbook 'from practice, to practice' the extensive data is clearly structured, concise and comprehensively illustrated - all ingredients for a quick reference for the health professional standing before a treatment decision. Each chapter is concluded by the international guidelines .