Format:
1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 373 p. 70 illus., 46 illus. in color.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2020.
ISBN:
9783030330200
Content:
Part 1: Physiology, pathophysiology and epidemiology of hypertension -- Chapter 1: Physiology of blood pressure regulation and pathophysiology of hypertension -- Chapter 2: Measurement of blood pressure -- Chapter 3: Epidemiology of hypertension -- Chapter 4: Adrenal gland disease and hypertension -- Chapter 5: Thyroid gland disease and hypertension -- Chapter 6: Genetics of hypertension – comparison between human and veterinary medicine -- Part 2: Clinical and pathological consequences of hypertension -- Chapter 7: Hypertension and the kidney -- Chapter 8: Hypertension and the heart and vasculature -- Chapter 9: Hypertension and the eye -- Chapter 10: Hypertension and the central nervous system -- Part 3: Pharmacology and therapeutic use of antihypertensive drugs -- Chapter 11: Pharmacology of antihypertensive drugs -- Chapter 12: Management of hypertension in cats -- Chapter 13: Management of hypertension in dogs -- Part 4: Future perspectives -- Chapter 14: Future perspectives: Unmet needs in hypertension in dogs and cats.
Content:
This book provides an in-depth review on various aspects of canine and feline hypertension. Physiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology and pathological consequences of high blood pressure in cats and dogs are discussed. A comparative approach is taken, the underpinning research is critically evaluated and knowledge gaps identified. In addition, the reader is presented with evidence-based treatment strategies. The book targets researchers, graduate students and clinical specialists in small animal internal medicine as well as veterinary clinicians with interest in nephrology, cardiology, neurology and ophthalmology.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030330194
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030330217
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030330224
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030330194
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030330217
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030330224
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-33020-0
