Endocrine Hypertension (eBook)

Underlying Mechanisms and Therapy

Christian A Koch, George P Chrousos (Herausgeber)

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2012 | 2013
XIV, 318 Seiten
Humana Press (Verlag)
978-1-60761-548-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The prevalence of hypertension is almost three times as high as that of diabetes mellitus type 2, with both conditions being major risk factors for stroke, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure.  The exact prevalence of hypertension related to hormonal derangements (endocrine hypertension) is not known but estimated to affect less than 15% of hypertensive patients.  Recent scientific discoveries have increased the understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanisms of hypertension.  In Endocrine Hypertension, a renowned panel of experts provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of this disorder, discussing when to assign an endocrine cause in one of  many conditions that may present with hypertension.   The first part of Endocrine Hypertension is dedicated to adrenal causes.  The second part of the volume concerns potential nonadrenal causes of hypertension, such as growth hormone excess or deficiency, primary hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency, testosterone deficiency, insulin resistance, obesity-associated hypertension, and the role of central mineralocorticoid receptors and cardiovascular disease. An important contribution to the literature, Endocrine Hypertension is an indispensable reference not only for endocrinologists, diabetologists, and adrenal investigators, but also for translational scientists and clinicians from cardiology, internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, geriatrics, urology, and reproductive medicine / gynecology.

Inhalt

Part I: Adrenal Hypertension Primary Aldosteronism: Progress in Diagnosis, Therapy, and Genetics Paolo Mulatero, Tracy Ann Williams, Silvia Monticone, Andrea Viola, Davide Tizzani, Valentina Crudo, Jacopo Burrello, Franco Veglio  Syndromes of Mineralocorticoid ExcessEugen Melcescu, MD, and Christian A. Koch, MD, PhD,    Hypertension in Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome: Vitaly Kantorovich, Christian A. Koch, George P. Chrousos   Primary Generalized Familial and Sporadic Glucocorticoid Resistance (Chrousos syndrome) and HypersensitivityEvangelia Charmandari, Tomoshige Kino, and George P. Chrousos    Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia      Smita Abraham, MD and Deborah Merke, MD, NIH, NICHD   Adrenal Incidentalomas and Adrenal Hypertension Theodora Pappa, Gregory Kaltsas, George Piaditis, Gregory Kaltsas, and George P. Chrousos   Pheochromocytoma: Unmasking the ChameleonJeremyjones F. Robles, Leilani B. Mercado-Asis, Karel Pacak, MD, PhD, DSc, NIH, NICHD       Part II: Other potential causes of endocrine hypertension   Hypertension in Growth hormone excess and deficiencyDaniel H. P. Towie and George R. Merriam   Primary Hyperparathyroidism and HypertensionAngela L Carrelli and Shonni J. Silverberg, MD,      Hypertension, Vitamin D deficiency, and Calcium MetabolismM. Iftekhar Ullah, Christian A. Koch, Vin Tangpricha     Testosterone Deficiency or Male HypogonadismChristian A. Koch and Michael Zitzmann, MD, PhD     Insulin Resistance and HypertensionSudha S. Shankar and Helmut O. Steinberg   Obesity-associated HypertensionGabriel I. Uwaifo, MD,    Central mineralocorticoid receptors and cardiovascular diseaseElise Gomez-Sanchez, PhD,

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.8.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Reihe/Serie: Contemporary Endocrinology
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 318 p.
• Verlagsort: Totowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Hebamme / Entbindungspfleger
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Nephrologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Urologie
• Schlagworte: Acromegaly • Adrenal hyperplasia • Cushing Syndrome • endocrine • Genetics • Glucocorticoid • Growth hormone deficiency • Hypertension • hypogonadism • menopause • Mineralocorticoid • Parathyroid disorders • Pheochromocytoma • pituitary • therapy • Thyroid
• ISBN-10: 1-60761-548-7 / 1607615487
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60761-548-4 / 9781607615484