High blood pressure is a common chronic medical problem encountered in primary care, yet it is commonly under diagnosed. ABC of Hypertension is a long established, practical guide to the investigation, treatment and management of hypertensive patients. This sixth edition: Provides practical guidance on measurement of blood pressure and the investigation and management of hypertensive patients Explains new developments in measurement and automated measurement of blood pressure and Updates coverage on treatment of the elderly and explains of the implications of recent trials Incorporates current British Hypertension Society and NICE guidelines

High blood pressure is a common chronic medical problem encountered in primary care, yet it is commonly under diagnosed. ABC of Hypertension is a long established, practical guide to the investigation, treatment and management of hypertensive patients. This sixth edition:* Provides practical guidance on measurement of blood pressure and the investigation and management of hypertensive patients* Explains new developments in measurement and automated measurement of blood pressure and* Updates coverage on treatment of the elderly and explains of the implications of recent trials* Incorporates current British Hypertension Society and NICE guidelines

Preface vi1 The prevalence and causes of hypertension 1Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers2 Hypertension and vascular risk 10Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers3 Pathophysiology of hypertension 20Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers4 Blood pressure measurement, 27Eoin O'BrienPart 1: Factors influencing all techniques of blood pressuremeasurement, 27Part 2: Conventional blood pressure measurement, 33Part 3: Ambulatory blood pressure measurement, 38Part 4: Self-blood pressure measurement, 435 Screening and management in primary care, 47Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers6 Clinical assessment of patients with hypertension, 53Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers7 Investigation in patients with hypertension, 57Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers8 Non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension, 63Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers9 The pharmacological treatment of hypertension and endovascularrenal sympathetic denervation, 68Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers10 Hypertension in patients with cardiovascular disease81Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers11 Special groups; diabetes mellitus, renal disease, renalartery stenosis and connective tissue diseases, 87Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers12 Ethnicity, age and hypertension, 93Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers13 Hypertension, pregnancy and the oral contraceptives98Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth BeeversIndex, 108