Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics

Blood Pressure Monitoring in Cardiovascular Medicine and
Therapeutics , 2nd Edition
Editor: William B. White, MD, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Section
of Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine,
University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut,
USA
Publisher: The Humana Press, Inc, Totowa, New Jersey, USA
Projected Publication and Distribution Dates:
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Section I. Preface - William B. White, MD
Section II. Techniques for Out-of-Office Blood Pressure Monitoring
1. Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure
Thomas G. Pickering, MD
2. Evaluation of Journals, Diaries, and Indexes of Worksite and
Environmental Stress
Gary D. James, PhD
3. Electronic Activity Recording in Cardiovascular Disease
George A. Mansoor, MD
4. Ambulatory Monitoring of the Blood Pressure
Subramanian Krishnan, MD and William B. White, MD
5. Validation and Reliability of Blood Pressure Monitors
Eoin O'Brien, MD and Neil Atkins, MD
Section III. Concepts in the Circadian Variation of Cardiovascular
Disease
6. Cardiovascular Chronobiology
Francesco Portaluppi, MD and Michael H. Smolensky, PhD
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7. Circadian Variation of the Blood Pressure in the Population at Large
Hilde Celis, MD and Jan A. Staessen, MD, PhD
8. The Importance of Heart Rate in Determining Cardiovascular Risk
Paolo Palatini, MD
9. Sodium, Potassium, the Sympathetic Nervous System, and the
Renin-Angiotensin System: Impact on the Circadian Variability in Blood
Pressure
Domenic A. Sica, MD and Dawn K. Wilson, PhD
10. Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Paolo Verdecchia, MD, Fabio Angeli, MD and Giuseppe Schillaci, MD
11. Circadian Rhythm of Myocardial Infarction and Sudden Cardiac Death
Steven A. Shea, PhD andJames E Muller, MD
12. Seasonal, Weekly and Circadian Variability of Ischemic and
Hemorrhagic Stroke
Tudor D. Vagaonescu, MD, PhD and Robert A. Phillips, MD, PhD
Section IV.