(BQ) Ebook ABC of hypertension has contents: Prevalence and causes, Hypertension and vascular risk, pathophysiology of hypertension, measurement of blood pressure, screening and management in primary care, clinical assessment of patients with hypertension, investigation in patients with hypertension, pharmacological treatment of hypertension, and other contents. | 11/6/06 11:13 AM Page i ABC OF HYPERTENSION Fifth Edition Edited by D GARETH BEEVERS Professor of medicine, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham GREGORY Y H LIP Professor of cardiovascular medicine, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham and EOIN O’BRIEN Professor of molecular pharmacology, Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Blackwell Publishing 11/6/06 11:13 AM Page ii © 1981, 1987, 1995, 2001 BMJ Books © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd BMJ Books is an imprint of the BMJ Publishing Group Limited, used under licence Blackwell Publishing Inc., 350 Main Street, Malden, Massachuesetts 02148-5020, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of the Author to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior written permission of the publisher. First published 1981 Second edition 1987 Third edition 1995 Fourth edition 2001 Fifth edition 2007 1 2007 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beevers, D. G. (D. Gareth) ABC of hypertension / D. Gareth Beevers, Gregory Y. H. Lip, and Eoin O’Brien.—5th ed. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 978-1-4051-3061-5 (alk. paper) 1. Hypertension. I. Lip, Gregory Y. H. II. O’Brien, Eoin. III. Title. [DNLM: 1. Hypertension—diagnosis. 2. Blood Pressure Determination—methods. 3. Hypertension—therapy. WG 340 B415a 2007] RC685. H8B34 2007 ′32—dc22 2006027936 ISBN: .
