Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics

by William B. White (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319794228
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	03/28/2019
Series:	Clinical Hypertension and Vascular Diseases
Edition description:	Third Edition 2016
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

William B White, MD, FASH, FAHA, FACP
Professor and Chief, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Calhoun Cardiology Center, Division of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Farmington, CT, USA

Table of Contents

Monitoring Blood Pressure in the Office.- Home (Self) Monitoring of the Blood Pressure.- Activity Monitoring and Effects of the Environment on Blood Pressure.- Ambulatory Monitoring of Blood Pressure: An Overview of Devices, Analyses, and Utility.- Validation and Reliability Testing of Blood Pressure Monitors.- Circadian and Cyclic Environmental Determinants of Blood Pressure Patterning and Implications for Therapeutic Interventions.- Blood Pressure Variability as Elusive Harbinger of Adverse Health Outcomes.- Physiologic Control of the Circadian Variability in Blood Pressure.- Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring.- Ambulatory blood pressure and stroke.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Older Persons.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children and Adolescents.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Special Populations: During Pregnancy.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Coronary Artery Disease and Heart Failure.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Special Populations: Masked Hypertension.- White coat Hypertension.- Gender and Circadian Rhythms in Cardiovascular Function.- Home (self) monitoring of Blood Pressure in Clinical Trials.- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Clinical Trials of Drugs and Devices.- Out-of-Office Monitoring in Clinical Practice.

Editorial Reviews

In these papers, medical doctors, physiologists, pharmacologists, and other researchers and clinicians critically review various aspects of out-of-office evaluation of blood pressure. They address ambulatory pressure, the relationship between whole-day blood pressure and the cardiovascular disease process, and the effects of antihypertensive therapies on blood pressure parameters. They also describe recent advances in the understanding of the circadian pathophysiology of cardiovascular disorders and argue that ambulatory blood pressure values serve as independent predictors of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The methodology for out-of-office blood pressure monitoring, it potential in clinical trials and for the treatment of patients, and its usefulness in drug development are also discussed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Reviewer: John F. Moran, MD (Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine)
Description: This text is about blood pressure measurement techniques, circadian variation, and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring written by 21 authors. It is divided into three sections on techniques, circadian variation, and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
Purpose: The purpose is to review approximately 15 years of data on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and its usefulness. There is a big section on circadian rhythm, which is included in this text. This material is not generally covered in other books on hypertension.
Audience: This book is readable and intended for any practitioner who deals with hypertensive patients. The use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is increasingly important because of "white coat hypertension," as well as antihypertensive drug selection. The authors presented a credible text.
Features: The first part of the book has to do with the techniques for out of office blood pressure monitoring, the importance of daytime activities, night time measurements, caffeine, talking, blood pressure measurements taken in the home vs. the clinic, are all reviewed. There are also sections on the effect of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring related to the patient's posture, his mood, his work. There are also important variations with blood pressure taken in the season of the year, as well as gender. There is an interesting section on the history of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, which has been around for perhaps 30 years, but has only recently become somewhat more widely used. There is an excellent review on circadian rhythm, which goes beyond circadian rhythm into ultraradian and infraradian rhythms, as well as seasonal rhythms. There is a good review of the circadian rhythm importance with acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, sudden cardiac death, and cerebral vascular accidents. There is a brief review on blood coagulation related to circadian rhythms, as well as the importance of the sympathetic nervous system, the renin angiotensin aldosterone system, and sodium and potassium concentrations. A short chapter on chronopharmacology shows the importance of drug selection when treating hypertensive patients. Throughout the text there are several references to the hypertensive "dippers" and hypertensive "non-dippers". Finally, new antihypertensive drug development will have to take into consideration ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and circadian rhythms.
Assessment: This is clearly an addition to the literature, which takes a different path than many of the hypertensive text books that are currently available. This text falls short in the management of hypertension, simply because there is not enough data on drug usage for hypertensive patients, which takes into account circadian rhythms. This text is a worthwhile addition to the medical literature.

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