Author(s): Bryan Williams
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 304
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Epidemiology and pathogenesis of hypertension in people with diabetes mellitus......Page 20
Hypertension, macrovascular disease and diabetes mellitus: perspectives from the Framingham Study......Page 42
Does insulin resistance play a role in the pathogenesis and clinical course of patients with hypertension?......Page 60
Dyslipidaemia: implications for cardiovascular risk in hypertensive diabetic subjects......Page 78
Disturbances in 24-hour blood pressure regulation in diabetic subjects......Page 104
The unique vulnerability of diabetic subjects to hypertensive injury......Page 116
Hypertension, microvascular function and diabetes mellitus......Page 128
Diabetic retinopathy and hypertension......Page 138
Diabetes and the heart......Page 168
Diabetic cardiomyopathy......Page 192
The pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy......Page 208
The clinical implications and management of microalbuminuria and proteinuria in type 1 diabetes......Page 220
The clinical implications and management of microalbuminuria and proteinuria in type II diabetic subjects......Page 236
Renovascular disease in diabetes: clinical implications for the management of hypertension......Page 254
The management of hypertension and diabetes: guidelines and blood pressure targets......Page 270
Non-pharmacological strategies for blood pressure control in diabetic subjects......Page 284
The pharmacological treatment of hypertension in diabetes......Page 302
Pharmacological treatment of hypertension in pregnant diabetic subjects......Page 338
Index......Page 358
