Endocrine Hypertension (eBook)

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,