For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Hypertension Secrets, 2nd Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

HYPERTENSION SECRETS, 2^nd Edition

EDITORS: EDGAR V. LERMA and SWAPNIL HIREMATH

Contents

1. PATIENT ASSESSMENT

1. Measurement of Blood Pressure
2. Clinical Evaluation of Hypertension
3. Hypertensive Crises

1. ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

1. Epidemiology of Hypertension
2. Pathophysiology of Essential (Primary) Hypertension – Isolated Systolic HTN, Diastolic HTN
3. Natural History of Hypertension

1. SECONDARY HYPERTENSION

1. Definition, Non-compliant, Screening for secondary HTN
2. Renal Parenchymal Hypertension
3. Renovascular Hypertension
4. Coarctation of the Aorta
5. Mineralocorticoid Excess: Primary Aldosteronism
6. Pheochromocytoma
7. Glucocorticoid Excess: Cushing’s Syndrome and Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
8. Obstructive Sleep Apnea
9. Drug or Alcohol-induced
10. Thyroid Disorders
11. Primary Hyperparathyroidism
12. Acromegaly

1. HYPERTENSION IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

1. Hypertension in the Pediatric Population
2. Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease and End Stage Kidney Disease
3. Hypertension in Obese Individuals
4. Hypertension in African Americans
5. Hypertension in the Elderly
6. Hypertension in Pregnancy
7. Hypertension after Kidney Transplantation
8. Hypertension in the patient with Acute MI, CHF, Stable CAD
9. Hypertension in the patient with CVA (Ischemic, Hemorrhagic)
10. Hypertension in the patient with a VAD
11. Resistant Hypertension
12. Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

1. THERAPEUTIC PRINCIPLES

1. Lifestyle Modifications – Diet (Na, Mediterranean)
2. Treatment Goals
3. Combination Drug Therapy
4. Treatment of Hypertensive Crises
5. Diuretics
6. ß-Blockers
7. a-Blockers
8. Calcium Channel Blockers
9. Peripheral Adrenergic Inhibitors, Centrally Acting Sympatholytics and Vasodilators
10. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors and Angiotension II Receptor Blockers
11. Renal Denervation
12. BP Vaccines
13. Application of Therapeutic Principles

1. [Title TBD]

1. Orthostatic Hypotension
2. Baroreceptor Dysfunction

1. TRIVIA

1. Historical snippets/oddities, e.g., Stephen Hales’ first BP measurement in a horse, etc.

Still to place: Genetic (Monogenic) causes of Hypertension