Main description:

This new edition is devoted to a broad array of topics involving the circadian variation in cardiovascular diseases, with focuses on hypertension, stroke, and coronary disease. The volume covers clinical and device research related to home and ambulatory BP monitoring, as there have been significant advances in technology since the publication of the previous edition. In addition, there is an increased focus on the applicability of home and ambulatory BP monitoring in drug development in all therapeutic arenas. The text features contributions from chapter authors from around the world and who have great expertise in cardiovascular medicine, therapeutics, clinical trials, and evidence-based medicine.

Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics, Third Edition is essential reading for a large audience, including those practicing cardiology and nephrology with a special focus in hypertension, geriatrics and internal medicine, clinical trialists, regulators in the US, Europe, and Japan, and physicians in training in cardiology, hypertension, pharmacology, nephrology and neurology.

Contents:

Part I. Techniques FOR Monitoring Blood Pressure

1. Monitoring Blood Pressure in the Office
Martin G. Myers

2. Home (Self) Monitoring of the Blood Pressure
Gianfranco Parati, Juan Eugenio Ochoa

3. Activity Monitoring and Effects of the Environment on Blood Pressure
George A Mansoor

4. Ambulatory Monitoring of Blood Pressure: An Overview of Devices, Analyses, and Utility
William B White, Vanessa Barber

5. Validation and Reliability Testing of Blood Pressure Monitors
Neil Atkins, Eoin O'Brien

Part II. Concepts in the Circadian Variation of Cardiovascular Disease

6. Circadian and Cyclic Environmental Determinants of Blood Pressure Patterning and Implications for
Therapeutic Interventions
Michael H. Smolensky, Francesco Portaluppi, Ramon C. Hermida

7. Blood Pressure Variability as Elusive Harbinger of Adverse Health Outcomes
Kei Asayama, Fang-Fei Wei, Azusa Hara, Tine W. Hansen, Yan Li, Jan A. Staessen

8. Physiologic Control of the Circadian Variability in Blood Pressure
Michel Burnier, Olivier Bonny, Gregoire Wuerzner

9. Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Fabio Angeli, Paolo Verdecchia

10. Ambulatory blood pressure and stroke
Philip B. Gorelick, Muhammad U. Farooq, Jiangyong Min

Part III. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Special Populations

11. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Older Persons
Vinay Gulati, William B. White

12. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children and Adolescents
Ian Macumber, Joseph T. Flynn

13. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Special Populations: During Pregnancy
Ramon C. Hermida, Diana E. Ayala

14. Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
William S. Asch, Sergio F. F. Santos, Aldo J. Peixoto

15. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Coronary Artery Disease and Heart

Failure
Fahad Javed, Patrick T. Campbell

16. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Special Populations: Masked Hypertension
Anthony J. Viera

17. White coat Hypertension
Lawrence R. Krakoff

18. Gender and Circadian Rhythms in Cardiovascular Function
Bjoern Lemmer

Part IV. Applications of Out-of-Office Blood Pressure Monitoring

19. Home (self) monitoring of Blood Pressure in Clinical Trials
George S. Stergiou, Angeliki Ntineri

20. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Trials of Drugs and Devices
William B. White, Line Malha

21. Out-of-Office Monitoring in Clinical Practice
Raymond R. Townsend