(PDF) Hypertension and Heart Failure – Epidemiology, Mechanisms by Dorobantu

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Table of Contents

PART I. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS.- 1 Epidemiological aspects (prevalence, risk of heart failure connected to blood pressure).- PART II. MECHANISMS OF HEART FAILURE IN ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION.- 2 The genetic background.- 3 Blood pressure load and blood pressure variability.- 4 Hemodynamic mechanisms of heart failure in hypertension.- 5 Neural mechanisms.- 6 Natriuretic peptides.- 7 Renal mechanisms.- 8 Metabolic factors.- 9 Role of central blood pressure and arterial stiffening.- 10 Pathophysiologic mechanisms of heart failure in hypertension: an overview.- PART III. DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS.- 11 Role of echocardiography.- 12 The additive value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in hypertensive heart disease.- 13 Biomarkers.- PART IV. COMPLICATIONS OF HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE.- 14 Atrial Fibrilation and other arrhythmias in hypertensive heart disease.- 15 Flash pulmonary edema.- 16 Impact of hypertensive heart disease on cardiovascular events and mortality.- PART V. PREVENTION OF HEART FAILURE IN HYPERTENSION.- 17 Non-Pharmacological Treatment.- 18 Differences and similarities between antihypertensive drugs.- 19 Regression under treatment of left ventricular hypertrophy and other structural alterations.- PART VI. TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS.- 20 Treatment of Heart Failure In Hypertensive Patients – New drugs.- 21 Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.- 22 Treatment of acute Heart failure in Hypertensive crisis.- PART VII. INVASIVE APPROACHES.- 23 Carotid baroreceptor stimulation.- 24 Renal nerves ablation.- PART VIII. HYPERTENSION, HEART FAILURE AND GUIDELINES.- 25 Heart failure in hypertensive patients – ready for guidelines?