Table of Contents
Hypertension and nephrology: practical aspects of diagnosis and treatment
Introduction
Review
- Advances in noninvasive screening for renovascular disease
What are the current indications for the captopril plasma renin activity test, captopril renography, duplex ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance angiography?
- Antihypertensive treatment in patients with peripheral vascular disease
This approach focuses on improving intermittent claudication, coronary artery disease, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus.
- Hypertension in Hispanic Americans
The language barrier, poverty, and limited access to health care raise the risk of inadequate diagnosis and control of hypertension in this growing population.
- Cardiac function and dysfunction in hypertension
Assessment of systolic and diastolic function is important in the follow-up of hypertensive patients and in the choice of therapy.
- Role of the renal microcirculation in antihypertensive therapy
Some drugs are better at maintaining renal function in hypertensive patients. Here are insights to more effective drug selection and combination therapy.
- Role of cyclosporine in glomerular diseases
Cyclosporine shows promise in renal disease, but randomized, controlled trials are needed to better define how and when to use it.
- Coronary artery disease in renal transplant recipients
Screening for coronary artery disease before transplantation can identify high -risk patients and save lives and money.
- Infections and immunizations in organ transplant recipients: a preventive approach
Early detection, prophylactic or preemptive therapy of specific infections, and collaboration between the infectious disease clinician and the transplant team are fundamental.
- Dialysis-related mortality in the United States
Approximately two thirds of US patients receive inadequate dialysis. What is the cause and what can be done?