Table of Contents

Pathophysiology of hypertension.- Overview of hypertension in adults.- Treatment of hypertension in the elderly.- Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.- Hypertensive emergency.- Secondary hypertension.- Hypertension in acute or chronic kidney diseases.- Hypertension with hypokalemia.- Pheochromocytoma.- Renovascular hypertension.- Cardiovascular risks of hypertension.- Treatment of essential hypertension.- Resistant hypertension.- Endocrine hypertension.- Isolated systolic hypertension.- Hypertension and diabetes.- Electrical carotid sinus stimulation in the treatment of hypertension.- Renal denervation in the treatment of hypertension.- Nocturnal hypertension.- Hypertension in children.- Neonatal hypertension.- Hypertension in pregnancy and lactation.