The second edition of this work continues to address the intimate pathophysiologic relationship
between hypertension and stroke. The editors and authors clearly and concisely synthesize our
developing knowledge of this relationship and place epidemiologic and physiologic information
into a practical clinical context. Comprehensive chapters present the evidence supporting
strategies for stroke prevention and care including blood pressure lowering therapies
anti-coagulation and management of other cerebrovascular risk factors. In addition to
prescriptive measures for first stroke prevention the book illuminates current regimens for
care immediately after acute stroke and for the prevention of recurrent stroke. This latest
edition also features extensively updated chapters from the previous edition as well as new
chapters on the effects of hypertension and stroke on the cerebral vasculature blood pressure
management in subarachnoid hemorrhage and blood pressure variability antihypertensive therapy
and stroke risk.Written by experts in the field Hypertension and Stroke: Pathophysiology and
Management Second Edition is of great utility for specialists in neurology and cardiovascular
medicine and a valuable practical resource for all physicians caring for older adults and
hypertensive patients.
