The ABCs of antihypertensive therapy / 
edited by Franz H. Messerli. 
 - New York :  Raven Press :  Author's Pub. House,  1994. 
 - xvii, 266 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Antihypertensive therapy : past, present, and future -- Evolution of hypertension and hemodynamics -- Evolution of hemodynamic and neuroendocrine changes in the course of hypertension -- Target organs in hypertension : the vascular tree -- The heart -- The kidney -- The brain -- Diuretics -- Beta-blockers -- Alpha1-blockers -- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors -- Calcium channel blockers -- Rational antihypertensive therapy : overview -- Nonpharmacologic blood pressure reduction -- Treatment of borderline and mild essential hypertension -- Sustained or established hypertension -- Hypertension and target organ disease -- The elderly -- The patient with congestive heart failure -- The patient with coronary heart disease -- The patient with syndrome X : is it linked through the Y chromosome? -- The stroke-prone patient -- The patient with renal failure. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1881063038 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94177010  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hypertension--Treatment.<br/>Hypotensive agents.<br/>Antihypertensive Agents<br/>Hypertension--complications<br/>Hypertension--therapy
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC685.H8  / A2 1994 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.1/3206