Disorders of Blood Pressure Regulation

Part I: General Aspects.- Introduction: Definition and classification of hypertension phenotypes.- Predictors, clinical and prognostic significance of BP indices [peripheral/central (systolic, diastolic, mean and pulse pressures)].- Role of circadian rhythms and seasonal variation in BP levels.- Natural history of untreated and treated hypertension.- Part II: Mechanisms of hypertension development.- Hemodynamics.- Neurohormonal systems.- Vasoactive substances.- Endothelial function.- Genetics of hypertension.- Part III: Hypertension Phenotypes (Clinical manifestation, course mechanism, prognosis and management).- Monogenic Forms of Hypertension.- Turner Syndrome.- Part IV: The Heart and Hypertension.- Hypertensive heart disease.- Postoperative cardiac surgery hypertension.- Nonsynchronic supravalvular aortic stenosis.- Coarctation of the aorta.- Atrial fibrillation and hypertension.- Part V: Role of neurogenic factors in hypertension.- Sleep disturbances, sleep apnea.- Stress and hypertension.- CNS ischemic disorders (Transient Ischemic attacks, Stroke ischemic/hemorrhagic).- Part VI: The Kidney and Hypertension.- Chronic kidney disease.- Calculus renal disease.- Hyperuricemic hypertension.- Dialysis Hypertension.- Renovascular Hypertension (Fibromuscular dysplasia, Ischemic nephropathy).- Molecular pathways in hypertensive renal damage.- Determinants of BP related decline in hypertensive renal disease.- Part VII: Endocrine causes of hypertension.- Cushing Syndrome and hypercorticism.- Primary aldosteronism and its various scenarios.- Pheochromocytoma.- Disorders in thyroid function (Hypothyroidism).- Hyperparathyroidism.- Part VIII: Special types of hypertension.- Prehypertension.- White coat and masked hypertension.- Isolated systolic hypertension (In the young, In the elderly).- Resistant hypertension.- Accelerated / malignant hypertension.- Nocturnal hypertension.- Salt and hypertension: Salt sensitive and salt resistant forms of hypertension.- Diabetes mellitus and Hypertension.- Obesity and metabolic syndrome Hypertension.- Herbal and medicinal compounds and pharmacologic agents.- Part IX: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and Pediatric Hypertension.- Gestational hypertension / Preeclampsia / Toxemia of pregnancy.- Blood Pressure trends in children and adolescents / Predictors of BP elevation in children and adolescents.- Hypertension in children and adolescents.- Part X: Management / Therapeutic approaches.- Summary of guidelines for blood pressure control.- Novel antihypertensive agents.- Place of invasive procedures in blood pressure control.- Are hypertension-related target organ involvement/damage reversible/ preventable?