ABC of Hypertension

Gareth Beevers, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham Gregory Lip, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham Eoin O'Brien, Blood Pressure Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

1 Prevalence and causes (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 2 Hypertension and vascular risk (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 3 Pathophysiology of hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 4 Measurement of blood pressure. Part I: Apects of measurement of blood pressure common to technique and patient. Part II: Conventional sphygmomanometry. Part III: Ambulatory blood pressure measurement. Part IV: Self-measurement of blood pressure (Eoin O'Brien). 5 Screening and management in primary care (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 6 Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 7 Investigation in patients with hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 8 Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 9 Pharmacological treatment of hypertension (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 10 Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 11 Special groups-diabetes, renal disease, and connective tissue disease (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 12 Ethnicity and age (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). 13 Pregnancy and oral contraceptives (G Y H Lip, D G Beevers). Appendix. Index.